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Rod Urquhart
Print Scientist Rod Urquhart works at Monash University where many aspects of the industry are being studied. He is based in Australia.
A whine about Wine
Rod Urqhart outlines how the PRINT lab is helping wine label producersResearch update
Rod Urqhart explains how the current research at the Print laboratory will benefit the whole industry.A discussion of light fastness (where the answer is not 299,792,458 metres per second!)
Since returning from holidays, Rod Urquhart spoke to two of the absolute technical pillars of the inkmaking fraternity, Fred Vale of DIC Colortron and Otto Stumbras of Siegwerk, about the lightfastness of printed material. This inspired him to update one of his early articles on ink fading
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Project update - the odyssey continues
In this, my last article for 2005, I will update a couple of the research projects that I have chronicled over the past three years
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Printing mechanics (but not in overalls)
The relationship between ink and water is deep and complex, with analysis by CRC uncovering some surprising results.
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Nanotechnology it's the biggest little thing in science
Rod Urquhart expands on the tiniest science of all " nanotechnology " and explains how it may enhance print enormously.
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Judging excellence
When small is beautiful
Ink and water may not necessarily flow into the paper in the way we always thought, explains Rod Urquhart.
Flexo printing in the new Asia
Asian flexo printers are really lifting the quality of their work, warns Rod Urquhart.
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We came, we saw, we wondered
Plasma and paper
The technology behind the new generation of television screens is now being applied to paper, writes Rod Urquhart.
It's been a blue, blue day
Reflex Blue and other dye based inks come loaded with potential problems, but if you have to use them great care is needed.
UV coating: An old chestnut
We need to consider the cases of UV coating both wet on wet (WoW), and wet on dry (WoD) over UV and conventional inks, as each set of circumstances is different.
Ghosts in the machine
Problems with ghosting are common enough in the printing industry, but with a bit of knowledge, they can easily be overcome.
UV coating adhesion problems - haven’t we heard of that before?
Measuring colour
Know your densitometer from your spectrophotometer? Every printer should have at least one, says Rod Urquhart
Ghostly fright
Problems with ghosting, whether mechanical, gloss or gas, can be alleviated by taking certain preventative steps.
Extracting the ink
Taking the ink off paper may not be foremost in your mind as you spend your time putting it on, but CRC Smartprint is aiming to help the industry become more efficient and environmentally friendly through de-inking and recycling.
What is digital printing?
Rod Urquhart gets into the science of inkjet and electrographic printing processes, which look set to become the fourth major printing process in the next few years
How we became CRC Smartprint
Print scientists are rapt with the development of their research centre, and already developing innovative technologies for, among other uses, hickey analysis
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