Claro Gloss

CLARO GLOSS

Claro Gloss combines excellent printability with a smooth, high gloss finish. This ensures fast and consistent runnability, and excellent folding and converting characteristics.

Key Features
Excellent whiteness
Good opacity
High gloss
Ultra smooth finish
Wide substance range from 90gm2 - 400gm2
Provides trouble free, first class printing results
FSC Certified

Setup
Store at room temperature (17-23°C), at a relative humidity of 50%, from 24 to 48 hours before use.
Unwrap the paper at the last moment before printing and rewrap it immediately after the print run.
For re-cutting:
- keep the paper fibre direction (// of the large size) perpendicular to the printing direction.
- For grammages > 135 g/m2, plan a rejection cut.

Pre-printing
Large printed surface: under colour-removal recommended.
Intense full colours:
- for black colour, blue support (40%) recommended or two black sequences.
- for other colours, 1 or several colour support(s).
Screen ruling:
- Gloss & Silk: Optimum 175 lpi, Maximum 254 lpi.
- Bulk: Optimum 133/150/160 lpi, Maximum 200 lpi.
- Also suitable for stochastic screening.

Printing
Printing techniques: litho printing, silk screen, letterpress, waterless litho printing, Digital printing suitability for Claro Gloss & Silk from 115 g/m2 upwards (Preliminary tests are recommended before printing any job).
All common offset inks are suitable.
High density inks should only be used on Gloss.
For Silk and Bulk, we recommend using a machine varnish finish.
Average drying time from 30 minutes to 2 hours after printing.

Finishing
Varnishing including dispersion, UV, spot, relief, scented and aqueous. Foil Blocking, Embossing,
Lamination

Forming
Die Cutting, creasing and folding. Pre-crease before folding is recommended above 135mic

Storage Recommendations
Protect the paper against any risk of damp during the storage period.

 
 
 

Technical datasheet

• Claro Technical Data Sheet