Rotogravure Printing Rollers

Inking rollers, also called applicator rollers or deposit rollers, with elastomer covering are used in rotogravure printing to optimise ink transfer to the form cylinder. The rollers have a special laser engraved surface which depends on the printing form, the ink viscosity and the dip volume.Gravure printing (also called intaglio, pronounced with a silent g) uses an indented area of the plate from which to print. An excess of fluid is applied to the plate, and the excess is removed. This leaves the raised areas free of ink, and the ink is transferred from the depressed areas.The process, also commonly called gravure printing, is used in the manufacturing of food and non-food packaging, as well as labels, wall coverings, transfer printing, and has a variety of further applications in the security printing, industrial, and tobacco segments of industry.