Flat-Top Dots Let’s start by stating what is meant by the term flat-top dot. A flat-top dot on a photopolymer plate is one that accepts the transfer of data from an imaging device to the finished plate at a 1:1 ratio. The 1:1 imaging ratio is measured in the file, post-CDI imaging, and ultimately on … Read More...
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Flat-Top Dots Let’s start by stating what is meant by the term flat-top dot. A flat-top dot on a photopolymer plate is one that accepts the transfer of data from an imaging device to the finished plate at a 1:1 ratio. The 1:1 imaging ratio is measured in the file, post-CDI imaging, and ultimately on … Read More...
2020 Esko Training Schedule Now Available! Check out the January 2020 Esko Training Schedule. Classes are scheduled throughout the year in Miamisburg, OH, Ludlow, MA, and Cal Poly State University in CA. Esko Training Topics Include: ArtiosCAD WebCenter Automation Engine PackEdge ArtPro+ Basic and Advanced programs are available. For customers with active Esko maintenance, many … Read More...
Esko Launches New Pricing and Promotional Bundles! New Warranty Program Esko CDIs now include 1 year Premium Warranty for all equipment - CDI, XPS, Kongsberg. Covers parts, labor, and T&E. New CDI Pricing With reduced Optics (speed) pricing and included High Resolution output Spark 2530 and Spark 4835 formats pricing is reduced by about 20%. … Read More...
Labor Issues Straining Today's Printers Are you feeling the effects? In the last few years we have been hearing and seeing our industry struggle with labor related issues. Industry Surveys and Events continue to sight the following as top-level issues straining print companies today: workforce shortages, unskilled labor pools, and difficultly retaining newly trained employees … Read More...
In conjunction with the launch of Techkon's SpectroVision, the fastest inline spectrophotometer on the market, Techkon is hosting a free webinar, presented by Catherine Haynes of All Printing Resources, to help educate flexographic printing professionals on print consistency and process control essentials. 4 Essential Strategies to Printing Consistently What are the secrets to ensuring print consistency? While employing … Read More...
“My press runs continue to get SHORTER!” “I need to create and produce things FASTER!” Wait, was that an echo? Does this sound like something you are saying or hearing more and more? The pressures of short runs and faster turnarounds have many converters looking to move prepress in-house. But then maybe you begin to … Read More...
PLATE/PRINT ANALYSIS “The TSG Difference” All Printing Resources' TSG (Technical Solutions Group) is excited to offer what is the most advanced print analysis available in our industry today, and no doubt will show another example and level of differentiation of TeamFlexo. Obviously samples sent to us for evaluation can be labeled in whatever form you … Read More...
Thats right!Techkon is the first device to incorporate SCTV in their SpectroDens! So what is SCTV? ISO 20654:2017 - This method for the calculation of Spot Colour Tone Value (SCTV) produces approximately uniform visual spacing of tones between substrate and solid. It can be calculated from spectral reflectance or colorimetric measurements of the solid ink, substrate and one or more patches of … Read More...
APR's Technical Solutions Group (TSG) prides ourselves in not just quoting equipment and providing solution based consumables, but making it a point to thoroughly understand a customer’s needs and goals. As water wash plate technologies continue to evolve into a viable competitor to solvent and thermal processing through improved print quality and longevity; chemists developing … Read More...