SOFTY

CLOTH BUT PAPER

A single sided tactile material that feels like cloth but behaves like paper.

Softy is extremely strong and reacts well to die-cutting and folding and, of course, print, making it ideal for packaging as well as other creative applications. Available in five finishes plus envelopes, in White, Black and Black on White.

Range chart

Printing and finishing

- Printing Job preparation -

Softy is produced to be stable between 40-60% humidity rate and at 21-23°C,
therefore we advise to avoid exposure to extreme environmental conditions. Please keep the paper as long as possible
in the original mill-packaging before use. This is particularly important for light weights.

Offset printing with oxidsing inks

- Printing machines -

4 colours + 1 80 lines/cm station for varnishing. – or to run a 5th black where needed

- Inks -

use oxidizing inks adding extra desiccant shared out among the 4 colours.
For blacks, where a strong black is required, we recommend a second hit, using oxidizing ink at all times. Equally,
it may be possible to achieve the depth of black by adding percentages of CYM with one hit of black, but it will depend on individual
circumstances of the job and the print set up.

- Fount Solutions -

The absolute minimum water should be applied in the fount solution.

- Drying times -

The materials dries like many uncoated papers, with upto 48 hours to dry and another 24 hours
if creasing and folding is needed. Drying can be assisted with a drying section
on the printing machine. Stack Heights: in jobs with a high intensity of ink, we recommend a stack height of 10 to 12 cm.

- Offset spray powders -

we recommend the maximum possible, typically we have used sprays of 50 mic.

- Printing pressure -

These types of supports need uncommon pressures to reach the maximum printing results,
especially Softy that might be more difficult to treat since its thickness it’s not the same of another paper of equal grammage.

- Cutting and die-cutting -

Below 200, the use of a die cutter is suggested for a higher cutting precision. For guillotine, use no more than a 100 sheets/stack each time. With substancies over 200, the guillotine can be used directly but always with small paper stacks.

- Laser cutting and engraving -

Softy is suitable for both laser cutting than engraving. White tents to yellows in the areas treated by the laser.

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