Ask the Wizard Dan Roll for Help

Yes, you can talk directly to one of the Wizards of Nova, the Wizard Dan Roll. Get the technical help that you need.

Meet Dan Roll, he is a bit of an expert on Fountain Solutions and Alcohol Substitutes for lithographic printing.

Dan Roll played a major role as a pioneer in the development of alcohol-free printing in North America. His career includes over 25 years formulating experience with Anchor / Fuji Hunt.

Today, Dan Roll is heading up Nova's Fountain Solution Product Development Group.

As a former printer, Dan has a unique perspective and believes that fountain solutions should enable the press operator to achieve higher quality and more consistent results. His knowledge of presses and dampening systems is extensive.

If you have a problem or a question with a sheetfed or web fountain solution, Ask Dan! Go ahead, contact Dan Roll now.

Technical support is available through Nova Pressroom Products. Get expert help from Dan.

• Type of press(es) involved?
• What type of dampening system?
• Incumbent fountain solution product?
• What is your question or problem?

More about Nova Pressroom Products on Squidoo

More information about Nova Pressroom Products can now additionally be found on Squidoo. Nova Pressroom Products is undoubtedly the first company of its kind in the Graphic Arts Industry to recognize the reach and value of having a presence on Squidoo.

What's Squidoo, you ask?

Squidoo is a network of user-generated lenses --single pages that highlight one person's point of view, recommendations, or expertise. Lenses can be about anything, such as ideas, people or places, hobbies and sports, pets or products, philosophy, and politics. --Wikipedia.

Our company profile lens:
Nova Pressroom Products LLC -- You know us! Or, should know us. We develop and provide a full line of pressroom products for the Graphic Arts industry. We offer blanket and roller washes, fountain solutions, alcohol substitutes, aqueous coatings, UV coatings, silicone emulsions, specialty products, and oils. Regardless of your equipment, ink, or drying speed preferences, we have a product custom tailored for your needs.

Lenses which profile our full-line of pressroom products:
NovaCoat - UV Coatings -- NovaCoat UV Coatings are UV-curable Coatings for the lithographic and flexographic markets.

NovaCoat - Aqueous Coatings -- NovaCoat Aqueous Coatings are specially formulated for the lithographic and flexographic markets.

Alcohol Substitutes -- NovaFount Alcohol Substitutes are designed to take the place of isopropyl alcohol in lithography.

Blanket and Roller Washes -- Nova Pressroom Products develops and provides a full line of blanket and roller washes. Regardless of your equipment, ink, or drying speed preferences, we have a blanket wash that is custom tailored for your needs.

NovaFount - Fountain Solutions -- Nova Pressroom Products develops and provides a full line of NovaFount fountain solutions for the lithographic market to meet sheetfed, web and newspaper applications. We offer acid, mild acid, neutrals, one-step, two-step, and other fountain solutions to meet your varied needs.

Specialty Products -- Nova Pressroom Products provides a full-line of specialty products including special applications cleaners, film cleaners, deglazers, and a selection of other high-quality products to meet special regulations.

NovaOil - Certified Oils and Lubricants -- Nova Pressroom Products offers a full-line of certified oils and lubricants for printing presses and printing equipment. NovaOil and NovaGrease products are specially formulated with rust, foam and corrosion inhibitors plus anti-wear and clinging agents.

NovaSil - Silicone Emulsions -- Nova Pressroom Products provides NovaSil Silicone Emulsions, a complete range of web silicone anti-marking solutions for optimum performance and economy for all types of web printing conditions.

New Products :: Fountain Solutions and Alcohol Substitutes

Nova's New Fountain Solution:

NovaFount FS-501 is specially formulated to meet the needs of the modern sheetfed printer.

• All-purpose two part fountain solution
• pH stable
• Protects the plate background
• Stimulates the drying of most sheetfed inks
• Contains calcium control additives
• Use with Nova's Alcohol Substitutes: NovaFount AS-901 or NovaFount AS-902

Nova's New Alcohol Substitutes:

NovaFount AS-901

• All purpose alcohol-substitute for all continuous dampening system
• Works in wide range of press conditions
• Effective surface tension reduction
• Promotes stable ink-water balance

NovaFount AS-902 is a unique alcohol replacement product.

• All benefits of AS-901
• Non-damaging to unbaked plate emulsions
• Contains no HAPs or TRI reportable compounds

The fountain solutions and alcohol substitutes are offered in 55 gallon drums, 5 gallon pails and 4 x 1 gallon plastic jugs. The 4 x 1 gallons are available as samples.

To contact Customer Service or a Nova Technical Staff member call 904-292-2554 or visit the website at http://www.novapressroom.com/.

Press Release: New Manufacturing and Research Center Opened

NOVA Pressroom Products LLC, is pleased to announce the opening of its new Manufacturing and Research Center located in North Jacksonville, Florida. This 13,500 square foot facility will be the site for manufacturing NOVA fountain solutions, water-based coatings and UV coatings to support sales efforts domestically and internationally. The facility also contains research laboratories for NOVA’s main product lines. The Corporate Headquarters and Customer Call Center remain in South Jacksonville at 5875 Mining Terrace, Suite 103. The company markets its products through a network of dealers in the United States, Canada and worldwide.

“We view this expansion of our capabilities as a vote of confidence given to us by our customers who have enthusiastically supported our entry into the pressroom marketplace,” stated Ron Rose, President of NOVA Pressroom Products. “We can now produce fountain solutions and a wide range of coatings in Florida. Operations at this new facility will be under the guidance of NOVA’s industry-leading technical team with a combined 70 plus years of experience,” continued Mr. Rose.

Chuck Malspeis, Vice President of Technical Services Coatings, will direct all aspects of the Coating Division. Mr. Malspeis has 20 years in the ink and coatings industries. His experience centers on formulating and designing coatings for compatibility with the numerous inks available today. Printers have come to appreciate his unique technical ability acquired as he worked with them to optimize their project specifications.

Ray Brady, Vice President of Technical Services, will oversee all water-based and solvent cleaners, and silicone product production and their ever-increasing environmental requirements. Mr. Brady brings 23 years of experience to the team, formulating advanced solvents products. He is highly regarded throughout the industry as one of the most knowledgeable designers of safer, high-performing press washes that meet the increasingly stringent environmental regulations imposed in many states throughout the U.S. He is responsible for formulating a majority of the most widely used low VOC washes and approved washes for the major manufacturers of automatic blanket wash equipment.

Dan Roll, Vice President of New Product Development, will be actively coordinating research of fountain solutions for web and sheetfed applications. Mr. Roll is considered one of the premier fountain solution formulators in the pressroom industry. He brings over 25 years of printing and formulating experience to the NOVA Team. He is well known as one of the inventors of alcohol-free printing for offset lithographic presses.

“The addition of the new manufacturing facility allows NOVA to move toward our goal of becoming a major supplier of safe, cost-effective and environmentally-compliant pressroom products,” stated Mr. Rose.

To contact Customer Service or a NOVA Technical Staff member call 904-292-2554 or visit the website at http://www.novapressroom.com.

Originally published: January 9, 2008.