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How do you get the best out of your blankets? Matthew Hunt of Duco explains
Correct set up of a printing blanket can do wonders for the quality and consistency of print job, but what actually constitutes the correct set up? Is the way a blanket is mounted on a press more important than the quality or type of blanket?
'Printing World' put these two questions and a number of others to Matthew Hunt, technical manager of Duco, the only UK owned blanket manufacturer. We now give him a platform for his views.
He said: "These two questions are best answered by a 'depends' but it is probably better for me to start by explaining how Duco blankets come to market. We either sell direct, and this is the case with major accounts and the larger printers, or else we sell through approved resellers.
So sometimes how the blanket actually finishes up being used can be at arm's reach."
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He explained that this can mean some...