Rich solids. Smooth vignettes. Intricate details. Design elements like these continue to challenge the Flexo industry to improve. Many of today’s flexo printers continue to rise to those challenges with innovations and processes that advance their Flexo print capabilities. In an effort to showcase the advancements in flat top plates, high-end screening, and UV-LED concurrent … Read More...
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Learn how expanded gamut technology raises your productivity and makes printing more profitable. A lot of companies are still not sure whether or not fixed palette printing is a good idea. This document from Esko demystifies a number of common recurring beliefs about extended gamut technology that keep printing companies from reaching their full potential. … Read More...
lo For those of us in printing, especially package printing, understanding and keeping up with government regulations can be a thorn in the side. Now don't roll your eyes or start huffing at the thought just yet. If we choose to look at the glass as half full, we can embrace these changes as "opportunities"! … Read More...
You probably have used the Stamp Clone Tool (S) to repair flaws in an image; however, Photoshop CS has two tools that do much better to help you repair a damaged image, the Healing Brush Tool (J) and Patch Tool (J). When touching up dust specks, scratches and other blemishes these two tools are far … Read More...
To be more efficient when working in any application it is important to have a well-organized workspace and to learn frequently used keyboard shortcuts. In this tech tip, we will review features for arranging palettes in Adobe applications. We will specifically look at a file in Adobe Illustrator.There are a variety of palettes available in … Read More...
Albéa brings flexo art and platemaking capabilities inhouse with the help of a full-service APR team With a flexo press that prints a wide variety of toothpaste and other tube-contained products, Albéa was heavily dependent on a third-party vendor for their artwork and platemaking. Besides the significant art and platemaking expense, this global consumer packaging … Read More...
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. White light is made up of equal parts of red, … Read More...
All Printing Resources helps packaging printer make the leap to digital platemaking Customer: Prairie State Group, a full-service printer of unique packaging products, such as narrow-web flexible packaging, as well as pressure-sensitive labels. Situation: With significant funds being spent outsourcing digital platemaking, this printer needed to go from conventional "analog" platemaking to a more accurate, … Read More...
We certainly live in a world today where exceptional print quality with flexo is no longer considered a "premium"-it is a given expectation of our customers. So, the real challenge now lies in providing these expected quality levels by the most cost efficient and productive means available. Historically, our most common approach in achieving consistency and stability in the end result has been with the application of spot colors. This approach, however, does little to contribute to our goals related to efficiency and productivity. Read More...