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In its effort to address packaging waste, the New York State legislature wants to pass a law to make those responsible for putting the packaging into the marketplace responsible for its collection and recycling through an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program. This is the second time the state has tried to pass this type of legislation over the past two years. However, there has been a significant shift in the scope because the latest version of the legislation would also set requirements for packaging reduction, incorporation of recycled content, and ban the use of certain toxic chemicals that includes the use of carbon black-based materials such as black printing inks.

While the concept of color relates to our sense of sight, it usually isn’t perceived accurately with our eyes alone. To help us overcome the limitations of our naked eye, we rely on spectrophotometers for measuring color in the print industry. Learn more about color optimization with the help of spectrophotometers in this article.

PRINTING United Alliance has announced the schedule for the upcoming COLOR Conference, occurring March 12-14 in Dallas, TX as part of the upcoming PRINTING United Technical Event Series.

Many printers are familiar with the print quality programs required by some of their customers. For the brand, a print quality program assures that the printed product meets their color requirements. Delve into print quality programs in this article to optimize your print supply chain.

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