Abstract: A method of manufacturing the format is described. The advertising format has a display area presented in a horizontal fashion and in a plane above the substrate, so that the display area can be seen upon first opening the format, and the same side of the display area rises toward the user upon further opening the format. The method of manufacturing the advertising format uses an in-line finishing system to create a mass-distributable packet, in a single-pass manufacturing process, using no pre-manufactured portions.

Abstract: An advertising format and a method of manufacturing the format are described. The advertising format has a display area presented in a horizontal fashion and in a plane above the substrate, so that the display area can be seen upon first opening the format, and the same side of the display area rises toward the user upon further opening the format. The method of manufacturing the advertising format uses an in-line finishing system to create a mass-distributable packet, in a single-pass manufacturing process, using no pre-manufactured portions.

Abstract: A method of producing images on a metalized substrate is described. The metalized substrate comprises a substrate having a top side and a bottom side and a metalized coating adhered to the top side of the substrate. The method comprises the steps of printing an image onto the metalized coating by selectively applying a protective coating of the image, curing the protective coating, applying a demetalizing solution onto the metalized substrate, rinsing the metalized substrate, drying the metalized substrate, applying an adhesive coating onto the metalized substrate, and removing the adhesive coating.

Abstract: A method of producing images on a metalized substrate is described. The metalized substrate comprises a substrate having a top side and a bottom side and a metalized coating adhered to the top side of the substrate. The method comprises the steps of printing an image onto the metalized coating by selectively applying a protective coating of the image, curing the protective coating, applying a demetalizing solution onto the metalized substrate, rinsing the metalized substrate, drying the metalized substrate, applying an adhesive coating onto the metalized substrate, and removing the adhesive coating.

Abstract: A format for stickers and labels comprises a first ply having an inner side and a UV pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the inner side of the second ply, the adhesive being cured, a second ply having an inner side, the inner side of said second ply being married to the inner side of the first ply, and a kiss cut formed in at least one of said first ply and said second ply.

Abstract: A UV pressure-sensitive adhesive is described. In one aspect of the invention, the adhesive comprises a UV rosin-monomer blend, an acrylated urethane polyol, a TPDGA tripropylene glycol, a UV flexo photoinitiator, a nonionic wetting agent and molecular defoamer, and a slip additive and deaerator. In another aspect of the invention, the adhesive comprises a UV low odor rosin varnish, an acrylated urethane polyol, a TPDGA tripropylene glycol diacrylate, a multifunctional triacrylate monomer, a UV low odor photoinitiator, a nonionic wetting agent and molecular defoamer, a slip additive and deaerator, and a fragrance.

Abstract: A printing ink emulsion system containing an oil-base phase and water-miscible phase and exhibiting a high degree of stability against phase separation in use. The composition contains a small amount of phosphoric acid as a stabilizer, and is characterized in that the printing emulsion functions effectively as a single-application-step formulation in which the ink is retained only by the image portion of a plate, thus obviating the need for a separate operational step in which water is applied to a non-image area of a printing plate or roller to render that area ink-repellant.

Abstract: A folding apparatus for separating a web into individual signatures and producing two folds in each signature, comprises an upper cylinder, a lower cylinder and an intermediate cylinder. Each of the cylinders is rotated about an axis, the axes of the upper and intermediate cylinders being parallel and spaced apart to define a given plane and the axis of the lower cylinder being parallel to the axes of the first and intermediate cylinders and offset from the plane thereof. The upper and lower cylinders rotate in the same direction and the intermediate cylinder in the opposite direction. First and second folding assemblies produce two folds in each signature. The first folding assembly includes cooperating portions carried on the upper cylinder and on the intermediate cylinder. The second folding assembly includes cooperating portions carried on the lower cylinder and on the intermediate cylinder. A cutting assembly separates the web to produce the individual signatures.

Abstract: Mechanism for cutting a traveling printed web comprises a base adapted for mounting on a cylinder and a cutting die adapted to be mounted on the base. The cutting die cooperates with the anvil on an anvil cylinder for cutting the web. An elastomeric sheet is interposed between the base and the die and is yieldable within its elastic limits to displace the cutting edge toward the base as the cutting edge engages the anvil during the cutting operation.