SINGLE LAYER PRINTING METHOD OF PAPER WRAPPER FOR SMOKING ARTICLES

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for single-layer printing of an ink on a wrapper for smoking articles, to obtain a wrapper for smoking articles with low propensity to ignition using the flexographic technique, characterized in that (1) printing is performed on a central drum flexographic printing machine using a single printing unit, (2) said unit having an anilox with capacity of between 10 and 40 cm 3 /m 2 and a print roll equipped with a printing form selected from a stencil plate plus an adhesive, and a sleeve, and (3) in that an ink is used that comprises at least one film-forming substance and a mineral filler, the present invention also relating to the wrapper that can be obtained by this method and to the smoking article that include said wrapper.