What is the Film - What does film mean??

As a general term film can simply be used to refer to any thin layer of material thin is a relative term but modern manufacturing techniques are capable of creating layers that are anything from fractions of a nanometre nm 0 000 000 001 metres to several micrometres m 0 000 001 metres In labelling the term is used to refer more specifically to a thin transparent or opaque material manufactured from synthetic polymers e g polyester polyethylene polyolefin vinyl etc and used to create face materials and backing sheets in pressure sensitive labels

Glossary

Pinholing - What is pinholing?

Definition of PINHOLING:

In printing, pinholing is a defect in the print characterised by the appearance of small holes in an area of solid print due to the failure of a printing ink to form a complete film before it dries. Pinholing occurs when there isn't enough ink to form a complete film over the entirety of the intended print area or when the ink doesn't spread evenly across the substrate, which is usually caused by low ink viscosity or by the ink drying too quickly, meaning it dries before a full film can form.

An example of pinholing in a printed design; there are small holes or areas of white where the ink hasn't formed a complete film.

Here is the Harvard-style citation to use if you would like to reference this definition of the word pinholing:
Label Planet (2020) What is pinholing? | Pinholing Definition. Available at: https://www.labelplanet.co.uk/glossary/pinholing/ (Accessed: January 1, 2024).

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