During production, no environmentally hazardous substances like organic solvents, PVC, formaldehyde or ODC compounds are used. No environmentally harmful breakdown products occur at waste disposal sites or during thermic recycling.

pretex® has a high level of temperature resistance. A brief increase in the temperature strain of up to 180° C does not impair the material properties. Temperature strains from 180° C can lead to a discolouration of the surface.

pretex® is resistant to ageing (DIN 9706 or DIN 6738) an has a high UV resistance. There are no optical brighteners used.

In direct contact with acids or tabloid caustic solutions, losses of strength or discolourations are possible. We recommend you carry out individual tests.

Varnishing, folding, perforating, punching (except crown/star hole punching), creasing, grooving, drilling, glueing, sewing, eye-letting, embossing (e.g. blind or hot film embossing).

pretex® can be written upon with all common writing utensils.

The white pretex® grades are suitable for different digital printing processes and have been successfully tested by XEIKON and NexPress.

The corresponding script files and technical data sheets can be found on the XEIKON (Punch Graphix) and NexPress websites, or you can request them from us.

There is currently no certification for HP Indigo, but experiences from different applications show that the white pretex® grades can be printed on well.

The uncoated pretex® grades 30.090 and 30.120 were especially developed for use in laser printers and copy machines. The coated types are also suitable for various machines.

We have compiled a list of experiences with different types of machines for you: Download

This list is a summary of reports on experiences by our customers. It is no guarantee for processibility. We are constantly supplementing this list . If you have experiences which are missing from our list, we would be pleased to hear from you by email: r.joeken@neenah.de

All coated pretex® grades can be printed by continuous form printing. The uncoated grades are suitable under certain conditions; we will gladly give you detailed information on request.

The white pretex® grades can be printed with standard printing inks. Special film printing inks are not required. For coloured pretex® grades we recommend oxidative inks, if necessary with the addition of a drying agent. Please take care to make only minimum use of damping in the machine.

Leading ink manufacturers know pretex® and will recommend suitable inks on request.

We recommend LE colours for offset-printing on pretex® whenever the application requires further processing in laser printers.

Just like with all papers, you have to make sure there is the right climate in the printing shop for pretex® as well. The optimum is approx. 20° C at approx. 50 – 60 % relative humidity. We recommend storing the packed reams and reels for at least 24 hours in the printing shop so they can adjust to the temperature. Please only open the vapour-proof packaging just before starting to print.