Gravure: an ancient print process enjoys a small revival among high end narrow web converters.
Label & Narrow Web › Vol. 9 Nbr. 1, January 2004
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Gravure: an ancient print process enjoys a small revival among high end narrow web converters.
Rotogravure printing has been around for over a hundred years. It is said to have been developed in 1878 by a Czech by the name of Karl Klic (also spelled Klietsch), who kept his idea secret until it was stolen and brought to the United States in 1903. In the narrow web industry, gravure has remained something of a secret, and for several reasons: Few companies have manufactured narrow web gravure equipment, some misconceptions exist among printers about the process, and those who do use gravure would rather not discuss it.
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