  "The time and money saving guide for the Flexographic printer." FlexoGuide is a free service of All Printing Resources, Inc. (APR). It is intended to keep our customers informed of new solution-oriented products, technical tips, saving opportunities, and APR services. Previous issues of FlexoGuide are available here.  Tech Tip 1 - Gray Balance, Part I Tech Tip 2 - Measuring Dots FEATURED PRODUCTS - CMM Showcase APR at Booth #3454 APR Announces Four New Flexo Prepress Training Programs Introducing FlexoImage  
APR at Booth #3454 APR is exhibiting performance-enhancing products and services offering proven cost reduction and timesavings. Products and services demonstrated include the Flexo IAS plate and print analyzer, RIPit's flexo-specific workflow solutions, Sinapse's flexo training simulator and other innovative web-based training solutions. Also exhibited are the FlexoSource e-Commerce system, and FlexoOrderPad, the integrated supply chain management tool to reduce time and cost in managing flexo supply inventories. Come to APR's booth #3454 and register for a chance to win TeamFlexo and NASCAR™ prizes including the Richard Petty Race Experience®.  A few of the companies that APR proudly represents exhibiting at CMM include: Apex Anilox Rolls & Sleeves at booth #1178 Apex North America is a full service anilox manufacturer, and will be exhibiting their exclusive Utracell™ and Ultramelt™ laser engraving process and their unique Ultraquick™ Anilox Sleeve technology. BASF at Booth #3624 will be exhibiting their new digital nyloprint® plate generation for high quality letterpress printing & the new nyloflex® ART printing plate for conventional and digital applications. They will also be previewing their Laser Engraving Process (LEP) technology developed exclusively by BASF/STK. Bieffebi booth #1921 will be exhibiting the Omnia 335-150C, gearless, sleeve dedicated mounter proofer and their new Unica 333, gearless mounting only machine. 
Cortron's eXact High Definition Flexo Exposure Units... "Producing near digital quality at analog prices" ...will have a unit at APR's booth #1178-S. Graymills at booth #5127 will be exhibiting their full product line of centrifugal, peristaltic, diaphragm pumps and ink filtration systems, as well as Brookfield's new AST100 automatic viscosity controller. PC Industries at booth 3454 will exhibit the new RX300 Digital System a low cost, compact web viewer that automatically alerts the operator to print defects. The company will demonstrate the LM200 Repeat Length Monitor, Viper Printing Vision System® for surface inspection, OCR and on-line measurement, the Code-Tracker® on-line ANSI verifier, strobe lights and register controls.  Tech Tip 1 Gray Balance - Part 1 Gray balance is a top requirement for overall color balance in the reproduction. The three process color inks - yellow, magenta, and cyan - most often will not produce a neutral. Nor will they always produce neutral light, medium, and dark grays in screened values. Submitted by Catherine Haynes, Manager of Training Tech Tip 2 Measuring Dots - Mechanical vs. Reflective Measuring printed dots have become commonplace in flexographic printing. The reasons ranging from obtaining information to perform cutbacks on film negatives, to running control targets to maintain the integrity and quality of a job throughout the printing process. Submitted by Tim Reece, Manager of Technical and Diagnostic Services  
Announcing... These new workshops are designed for anyone that wants to gain knowledge required to design and implement prepress for the flexographic printing process or just improve the ability of jobs to run faster, cleaner and more profitably on a Flexo press. 
Topics to be covered include:
In addition to learning Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator applications, we will also discuss importing and exporting flexographic flies, digital proofing devices and output of film for flexographic plates. The hands-on portion of these workshops will be ideal for guiding the participant through the prepress process. Prepress for Flexography 2-Day Training Program Basic Photoshop and Illustrator 2-Day Workshop Advanced Photoshop 2-Day Workshop Advanced Illustrator 2-Day Workshop Customized versions or the above programs or special dates for these programs are available for groups of four or more. 
For more information or a quotation on any of the items mentioned in this issue of FlexoGuide, please call 1-800-445-4017 or e-mail us at info@teamflexo.com. Privacy Policy We want to let you know that to protect your privacy, we will never release your e-mail address to a third party. In all cases, every message we send will be clearly identified as coming to you from All Printing Resources, Inc.. And with every message, you will be given an opportunity to opt out from receiving future messages. Even if you have previously submitted e-mail preferences, you may use the link below to check or add to your profile. This will allow us in the future to better select specials, tech tips, featured products, and training updates products and services targeted to your more specific business needs. Thank you for being a FlexoGuide subscriber and for aiding us in the process of making this a continually improving time and money saving guide for the Flexographic printing industry.  | ||||
