Environmental Sustainability — The Greening of Print

Additionally, a new high-tech UV printing press, which uses ink with almost zero VOCs, was recently installed. Other air quality initiatives include the elimination of alcohol-based dampening systems, a switch to water-based varnishes and the adoption of detergent-based plate developers.

All of Geographics’ standard inks are vegetable based. To improve performance and eliminate ink waste on-press, the company has installed canister ink dispensers on its sheetfed presses, and a tote tank ink system eliminates ink drums from the web presses.