A HISTORY OF COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION
The digital printing industry has benefited from Michelman’s collaborative innovation with HP Indigo for nearly 20 years. We work directly with HP Indigo to offer the only HP-certified press primers for paper and film media to produce the best possible output. Our DigiPrime® primers, certified for HP Indigo presses, optimize a wide range of substrates with solutions for printers, converters, and paper mills.
DIGIPRIME® & DIGIGUARD® SOLUTIONS PROVIDE
- Outstanding print receptivity on multiple substrates
- Excellent ink adhesion
- Food compliant options
- Compliant options for use in compostable packaging
- Environmentally friendly water-based chemistry
- Security of supply through a global supply chain and distribution network
THE VALUE OF MICHELMAN’S APPLICATION EXPERTISE
Our application experts, certified on HP Indigo presses, have long-standing experience in helping printers and converters design, develop, and optimize their label, flexible packaging, and commercial print applications.
Commercial Printers
- Expand your capabilities with Michelman’s DigiPrime®, the recommended brand of in-line and off-line primers for HP Indigo presses. Its excellent adhesion to both a wide variety of substrates and HP Indigo ElectroInk offer versatility and security for applications such as magazines, label printing, and flexible packaging.
- Access new markets with performance benefits such as durability from the environment, excellent resolution for both high- and low-volume print runs, shorter lead times with faster equipment turnaround, and customization & personalization capabilities.
- Enter into the growing high-performance label printing market, including segments such as personal care products and household chemicals, with our DigiGuard® overprint varnish strengthener for HP Indigo validated UV OPVs used with Michelman in-line primers, which enhances water, chemical, and thermal durability.
Converters
- Design the best packaging structures to meet your customers’ performance and sustainability requirements.
- Optimize the use of substrates, lamination adhesives, inks, coatings, primers and other materials needed for different packaging applications.
Paper Mills
- Attain 3 Star Performance for your HP Indigo pre-primed media through our whole-system approach that integrates years of acquired formulation, application, and process expertise.
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
- In-line and off-line availability
- Excellent adhesion to synthetic substrates such as BOPP and PET
- Low odor solutions
- Food contact compliant options
HIGH-PERFORMANCE DURABLE LABELS
- In-line and off-line availability
- Primers for both paper and synthetic substrates
- Re-coatability
- OPVs for enhanced water, chemical, and thermal durability
FOLDING CARTONS
- Increased print receptivity
- Creasability
- Remains clear and shows no discoloration over time
- OPVs and barrier coatings for high-performance packaging
COMMERCIAL PRINTING
- Maximized ink adhesion and durability
- Remains clear and shows no discoloration over time
- Excellent storage stability with no shelf life or aging issues
- Long blanket life and reduced downtime for presses
Sustainability with HP Indigo
Digital printing is a more sustainable method for creating packaging and other printed output because it does not require the creation of plates, uses less ink, and reduces inventory waste by allowing converters and brands to print smaller volumes. It positively affects the environment by reducing much of the physical and chemical waste throughout the printing process and allows for high mix, low volume print production to be economically viable.
Our HP-certified Michelman primers for flexible packaging have passed extensive testing for ecotoxicity, heavy metals, and fluorine content, which conform to leading industry standards such as ASTM and the European Committee of Standardization.1 Additionally, our repulpable DigiPrime® grades have been favored by paper mills for more than a decade.
1 - Organic Waste Systems Laboratories testing certified up to specified limits. Contact your representative for more details.
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