Print Guard

PrintGuard is the global leader in providing antimarking solutions for all sheetfed, offset presses. Our company has been at the forefront of designing and manufacturing antimarking technologies since 1998, offering three distinct technologies at two price points to address 100% of printers' antimarking needs. We take pride in our custom manufacturing equipment and proprietary chemical coatings which make our Orange Hide Glass Bead technology the #1 solution worldwide. Our product inventions are protected under US Patents 6,811,863/7,270,873/8,381,647 and 9,868,277 and are featured in both PrintGuardPlus and Printguard Packaging. These innovations make our glass bead transfer cylinder jackets for Heidelberg presses superior to all others available in the market, while our patented PrintGuard Regular jackets offer low-cost solutions for the cost-sensitive printer.

Our Products

PrintGuard designs and manufactures industry-leading anti-marking products for transfer cylinders and impression cylinder jackets for all press types. Our patented Premium Orange and Regular Yellow jackets for Heidelberg presses come with unique features that deliver exceptional ink repellency, secure press operation, and non-absorbent, water-resistant properties. PrintGuard jackets are manufactured to support typical commercial printing and packaging stock up to 24 pt., mark-free. Our Glass Bead Film is designed with the highest performance in the industry, offering durability and ease of cleaning. We sell this film for Komori, Mitsubishi, Akiyama, Shinohara, Sakurai, and other presses. PrintGuard's PerfectBlack Nano Ceramic Coated Steel Impression Jackets are the finest in the world and deliver the highest quality and durability in the industry. We also have a network of mechanics worldwide to install our Ceramic jackets, offering significant project cost savings to our customers.

Our Premium Orange Jackets are the No. 1 solution worldwide, offering the highest performance, superior ink repellency, and exceptional durability and ease of cleaning. These jackets are perfect for large and small format presses, delivering the highest ink repellency and easy care and maintenance.

PrintGuard's Orange Hide Silicone Coated Glass Bead Film is designed for large and small format presses and delivers the highest ink repellency, easy care and maintenance, and durability. This film is suitable for use on all presses and can be converted into PrintGuardPlus jackets specifically for Heidelberg presses.

PrintGuard's PerfectBlack Nano Ceramic Coated Steel Impression Cylinder Jackets are designed and manufactured for all press models, using stainless steel specified for the exact hardness required for specific press models, and precision lasered and bent. These jackets deliver the highest quality and durability in the industry.

Our Company's History

PrintGuard, Inc. was founded in 1998 by President Daniel Rizika, a graduate of MIT and the United States Military Academy at West Point. Dan started the company to design and manufacture niche products using his past expertise in the Glass Bead Film Technology. Dan worked with printers and discovered that printers were losing money due to machine downtime and poor printing yield caused by wet ink smearing or marking on the freshly inked paper. The first product developed and sold by PrintGuard was PrintGuard, a clear glass bead film with a perfect monolayer of glass beads adhered to a tough and durable polyester film. Within a year of introducing this product, PrintGuard developed an ink repellent coating that significantly improved the anti-marking performance on press. We trademarked this product Orange Hide and manufacture these sheets for all presses and further convert this product into PrintGuardPlus jackets specifically for Heidelberg presses. PrintGuard has patented their technology (US Patent nos. 6,811,863 7,270,873 and 8,381,647 and others patents pending) which has become a standard for the Printing Industry. PrintGuard's 30,000 square foot plant is located in Millbury, Massachusetts, USA, where we are the largest and only manufacturer of Glass Bead Anti-Marking products that is vertically integrated - we design, apply the glass beads to film, apply all coatings, laminate, slit, sheet, and have a complete