United States EPA 744-F-96-022
Environmental Protection Agency March 1997
Prevention, Pesticides andToxic Substances (7406)
LITHOGRAPHY PROJECT
Publications List
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.he Design for the Environment (DfE)
Lithography Project is a voluntary effort between the lithographic printing
industry and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The goal of the
Project is to provide lithographers with information that can help them design
an operation that is more environmentally sound, safer for workers, and more
cost effective. The partners of the DfE Lithography Project evaluated 37 different
commercially available products, focusing on blanket •washes. Information was
gathered on the performance, cost, and health and environmental risk tradeoffs
of each substitute blanket -wash. The partners of the Project provide this
information to help printers make more informed decisions about the products
they use in their shops.
Partners in the Design for the Environment (DfE) Lithography Project: Printing
Industries of America, Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, the Environmental
Conservation Board of the Graphic Communications Industry, The University of
Tennessee, and individual printers and suppliers.
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DfE Lithography Project Fact Sheet: Blanket Wash
Solutions for Small Printers
This introduction to the DfE lithography Project provides a brief history of
how and why the Project was started. It also discusses the three main Project
areas: technical studies, implementation, and outreach.
EPA 744-F-95-005, 2pages, September 1995
Cleaner-Technologies Substitutes Assessment (CTSA):
Lithographic Blanket Washes
The CTSA is the complete technical report of the lithography Project. It
contains detailed results of the performance demonstrations, cost analyses, lab
tests, and risk character!nations of each of the substitute blanket washes. It also
discusses the Project background, and presents the methodology used for
evaluating the washes in each of the above categories.
EPA-744-K-95-008, 447'pages, July 1996
DfE Lithography Project CTSA Booklet: Solutions for
Lithographic Printers: An Evaluationof Substitute Blanket
Washes
Recognizing that not all printers have the time to read the larger, more detailed
CTSA report, this booklet condenses the information found in the CTSA to
answer printers' most immediate questions, such as: How do blanket washes
affect worker health and safety? How did the different blanket washes perform?
What are the environmental risks associated with each wash? What are the costs
associated with each? What steps can a printer take to test a new wash?
EPA 744-F-96-009, Spring 1997
DfE Lithography Project Case Study #1: Managing Solvents
and Wipes
This case study tells how one company successfully improved its environmental
and economic performance by using alternative press cleaners and reducing the
overall use of press cleaners in its facility. The technical and procedural changes
that this printer adopted are described.
EPA 744-K-93-001, 4pages, October 1995
DfE Lithography Case Study #2: Pollution Prevention at
Custom Print
One printing facility's experience shows how a thorough step-by-step review of
all processes in a print shop can uncover many ways to prevent pollution.
Custom Print found opportunities in inventory control, in consolidation of
chemicals, and even in changes to fixed costs such as air conditioning and
ventilation.
EPA 744-F-96-001, 4pages, August 1996
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DfE Lithography Project Bulletin #1: Substitute Blanket
Washes: Making Them Work
Although printers experience many benefits from using substitute blanket
washes, these washes may require different application methods than traditional
blanket washes. This bulletin shares the valuable knowledge of the printers who
used substitute washes during the Lithography Project. These tips and hints can
help any printer get the most out of a substitute blanket wash.
EPA 744-F-96-002, 4pages, August 1996
DfE Lithography Project Bulletin #2: Workplace Practices
Make the Difference
DfE asked 206 lithographers to share their best methods for reducing the use
of chemicals in their facilities. This bulletin describes the most popular of these
pollution prevention practices. Implementing these practices can reduce worker
exposure to harmful chemicals, minimize pollution, and improve productivity.
EPA 744-F-96-008, 4pages, August 1996
DfE Lithography Project Bulletin #3: Vegetable Ester
Blanket Washes
Blanket washes made of vegetable esters were one category of wash tested in
the Lithography Project This bulletin discusses the potential performance, cost,
and health and environmental benefits of using vegetable ester blanket washes.
EPA 744-F-96-014, 4pages, October 1996
DfE Lithography Project Bulletin #4: A Worksheet to Help
You Choose a Better Wash
This bulletin contains a worksheet that provides printers with a helpful step-by-
step guide to comparing different blanket wash formulations. Each wash is
scored in areas such as performance, purchase price, percentage of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), and fJammability. The bulletin also discusses the
"hidden costs" of using a blanket wash and how printers can cut expenses by
becoming aware of these. Finally, this bulletin provides tips on testing a new
wash.
EPA 744-F-96-015, 6pages, October 1996
Printing Industry and Use Cluster Profile
This resource provides an in-depth profile of the United States printing industry.
Demographic information is given for the entire industry, as well as for the
specific sectors: Screen Printing, Lithography, Gravure, Flexography, and
Letterpress. The Profile also presents detailed information about the processes
and technological trends involved in each sector.
EPA 744-R-94-003, 183pages, June 1994
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Federal Environmental Regulations Potentially Affecting the
Commercial Printing Industry
This helpful report summarizes the requirements of Federal kws that apply to
the commercial printing industry, such as the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water
Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and liability Act (Superfund); the
Community Right-to-Know Act; and the Toxic Substances Control Act
EPA 744-B-94-001, 71 pages, March 1994
Summary of Focus Group Discussions with Screen
Printers and Lithographers for the Design for the
Environment Printing Project
EPA conducted eight focus groups with screen printers and lithographers to
discuss the DfE Screen Printing and lithography Projects. This report presents
the focus group methodology and summarizes the meetings. Sources of
environmental information that may be most useful to printers are also listed.
EPA 742-R-94-004, 89pages, June 1994
Environmental Cost Accounting and Capital Budgeting:
Videotape Seminar and Handouts
This video seminar discusses the elements of environmental cost accounting
and Total Cost Assessment (TCA). TCA allows printers and others to
thoroughly assess the financial implications of environmental projects. In
addition, actual applications of TCA are discussed.
EPA 744-B-96-001, 245 minutes (plus 134pages of handouts), July 1995
Environmental Cost Accounting and Capital Budgeting for
Small to Midsized Manufacturers: Videotape Seminar and
Handouts
This video seminar discusses the connection between environmental cost
accounting and investment decision-making. It introduces Total Cost
Assessment (TCA), an approach to capital budgeting for environmental projects
that improves on more conventional cost accounting practices, and features
company case studies that show how firms have benefited from taking a TCA
approach.
EPA 744-B-96-002, 165 minutes (plus 78pages of handouts), December 1995
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\ou> to order your free
DfE Lithography Project Materials
Materials in this booklet can lie ordered free of charge from EPA's Pollution Prevention
Information Clearinghouse (PPIC). You should receive your materials within about 2 weeks from
the day we receive your order.
To order by mail:
Check off the items on the next page that you -would like to receive, fill out the name
and address information, cut out the page, and mail it to:
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW (7409)
Washington, DC 20460
To fax your order:
Check off the items on the next page that you -would like to receive, fill out the name
and address information, photocopy the page, and fax it to PPIC at:
(202) 260-4659
To order by telephone, call PPIC at:
(202) 260-1023
To order by e-mail:
Send a message with the full title and EPA document number for each document you
•want, as -well as your name and mailing address, to:
ppic@epamail.epa.gov
Internet:
For more information about the Design for the Environment Program, to view some
of these documents online, or to learn about other DfE industry projects, please visit
the DfE Homepage on the WorldWideWeb:
http://www.epa.gov/dfe
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Please send me the following materials (specify the number
of each and please limit your order to 15 documents total):
DfE lithography Project Fact Sheet: EPA 744-F-95-005
CTSA: Lithographic Blanket Washes (447 pages): EPA-744-R-95-008
CTSA Booklet: Solutions for Lithographic Printers: EPA 744-F-96-009
DfE Lithography Project Case Study #1: EPA 744-K-93-001
DfE Lithography Project Case Study #2: EPA 744-F-96-001
DfE Lithography Project Bulletin #1: EPA 744-F-96-002
DfE Lithography Project Bulletin #2: EPA 744-F-96-008
DfE Lithography Project Bulletin #3: EPA 744-F-96-014
DfE Lithography Project Bulletin #4: EPA 744-F-96-015
Printing Industry & Use Cluster Profile: EPA 744-R-94-003
Federal Environmental Regulations—Commercial Printing: EPA 744-B-94-001
DfE Focus Group Discussions—Printing Industry: EPA 742-R-94-004
Environmental Cost Accounting Video (245 min.): EPA 744-B-96-001
Environmental CostAccountingVideo (165 min.): EPA 744-B-96-002
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