TOP10 meeting at Grafimedia in the Dutch town of Swalmen

On June 20 2012 SHD Grafimedia Printers in the Dutch city of Swalmen hosted the most recent TOP10 meeting. TOP10 is a unique cooperation platform in which various independent companies, all active in the fields of graphic and visual communication, join forces to exchange expertise, experience and technical know-how. Twice a year meetings are held which take place at one of the participating businesses. These are: Dekkers van Gerwen Graphic Industry de Marne (Leens, The Netherlands) Graphic Industry de Marne (Delfzijl, The Netherlands) Graphic Industry de Marne (Groningen, The Netherlands) Reproka visual communications Deko Verdivas Van Marle SHD Grafimedia Rosier communications Elco Extension At these meetings, technical experts discuss a wide range of issues concerning print and presses, print processing and postprocessing, and matters of topical interest, like the process of non-alcoholic printing, a technique Grafimedia has been using extensively over the past years.

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On this latest TOP10 meeting, R&D Sappi Services was represented by Koos Langemeijer and Arno Janssen, who gave a presentation on the subject of paper testing and galley proofs and demonstrated the revolutionary inkdrying speed of the new Sappi tempo papers, comparing it with drying times on the more traditional HannoArt Silk. As on many other occasions, tempo's ink-drying performance did not fail to impress the audience.

As shown in the picture above, the Sappi technicians used the Heidelberg Set-off device in their demonstration, while also measuring wet ink rub and white gas in tests designed to determine rub resistance and chemical drying in time intervals.
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One other test performed to highlight the unique properties of Sappi's tempo papers was the so-called blocking test, which uses a weighted down stack of sheets, printed without the use of anti set-off powder, to determine the amount of ink transfer, if any.

The TOP10 specialists clearly valued the insight they had been given into Sappi's R&D activities on a day that once again proved the importance of mutual support and continuous research in the never ending quest for maximum quality. Arno Janssen Jr. Printer, R&D Maastricht

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