UV0103W21 is a 160gsm high-glossy cast coated paper on a 60gsm glassine white paper, built for UV inkjet presses (Durst, Domino, Xeikon, Handtop and similar). This page gives you the construction as we actually coat it, where it belongs, and what to pick instead when it does not.
Construction page · last verified 2026-10-19 · published in English · technical questions: contact the lab
A paper facestock is the default for the great majority of label work. It takes ink readily, die-cuts predictably and keeps the cost of the finished label down. What varies between paper grades is the surface: a cast-coated sheet gives a smooth, high-gloss print face, a woodfree sheet gives a more absorbent matte face, and a thermal topcoat gives a heat-sensitive imaging layer instead of a printable one.
Underneath it sits hot-melt adhesive. The liner is a glassine — a supercalendered paper with a dense, closed surface. Glassine releases cleanly at high converting speeds, it is the cheapest liner that does the job, and it is the default for roll-fed work.
This construction sits in the UV Inkjet family, which we build for UV inkjet presses (Durst, Domino, Xeikon, Handtop and similar). The family grouping is not marketing shorthand — it is how the topcoat is chosen.
| Material code | UV0103W21 |
|---|---|
| Facestock | 160gsm high-glossy cast coated paper |
| Adhesive | Hot-melt adhesive |
| Liner | 60gsm glassine white paper |
| Print platform | UV Inkjet |
| Series | Semi-glossy Paper |
| Supply form | Jumbo roll, slit roll — sheeted on request |
Hot-melt is the workhorse system for long runs: it wets out fast, runs at line speed and holds on the substrates that dominate volume labelling. This is the construction to quote when the job is cost-sensitive and the environment is ordinary.
Rough, slightly porous surfaces need an adhesive that flows into the profile instead of sitting on top of it. Hot-melt does that without a special primer.
Batch codes, ingredient panels, logistics barcodes — the everyday labels that carry no unusual environmental demand and simply have to be reliable and cheap.
Sustained heat and high humidity are the conditions where hot-melt systems need an evaluation before you commit a full run.
Surface contamination blocks wet-out. Wipe-down or a high-tack variant is the fix, not a thicker coat.
Paper facestock is not waterproof. Where the label meets water, condensation or a wash-down, a film facestock — or a laminate over the print — is the correct answer.
UV inkjet does not absorb into the facestock the way flexo or offset ink does, so the surface has to be engineered instead. Every construction in this family carries a receptive topcoat tuned to the pin cure and the droplet size of the engine: it wets the ink out evenly so the dots do not coalesce into mottle, it anchors the cured film so the print survives die-cutting and dispensing, and it controls gloss so that the white point stays consistent across a run.
This is also why we organise the catalogue by press family rather than by material. The same 36 mic white BOPP can be the right or the wrong product depending on which engine is printing it, and the difference is in the coating, not in the film.
The Semi-glossy Paper series holds 3 constructions in our catalogue. They share the same facestock family, so the differences that matter are adhesive system and liner — and those two decide which jobs each code wins.
| Code | Facestock | Adhesive | Liner |
|---|---|---|---|
| UV0103W21 | 160gsm high-glossy cast coated paper | Hot-melt adhesive | 60gsm glassine white paper |
| UV0101W21 | 140gsm semi-glossy cast coated paper | 23 +/- 3 mic — adhesive coat weight; system confirmed on the TDS | 60gsm white glassine liner |
| UV0105W21 | 80gsm UV Inkjet Semi- glossy Paper | Water-based acrylic adhesive | 60gsm glassine paper |
Buyers often ask the reverse question: the construction works, but the press changes. These are the codes in other families built on the same facestock type.
| Family | Code | Facestock | Adhesive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memjet | MJ0101W21 | 100gsm high-glossy cast coated paper | Hot-melt adhesive |
| Memjet | MJ0102W21 | 80gsm semi-glossy cast coated paper | Hot-melt adhesive |
| Memjet | MJ0201W21 | 180gsm high-glossy cast coated paper | Hot-melt adhesive |
| Memjet | MJ0202W21 | 80gsm semi-glossy cast coated paper | Water-based acrylic adhesive |
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