Flexographic printing is everywhere, and has been for decades. You can see examples of it on candy wrappers, candy bags, snack bags, labels, cereal boxes, plastic shampoo bottles, peel-able double-sided medication labels, in your notebooks, legal...
Editor's Note: This blog post was originally published in 2017, and was updated in April of 2019 to reflect updated information.
Dot gain is a tricky flexo printing defect with a variety of causes. As its name implies, the dots on your printed...
Editor's Note: This blog was originally published on September 1st, 2017 but was updated on March 4th, 2019 to reflect modern information and industry changes.
Adhesive printing has many applications. You’ll often find examples sitting on the...
As the name indicates, flexographic printing is considered the most flexible printing method, because of its inherent ability to be used for almost any application. Endless, unique combinations of sleeves, cylinders, plates, ITR (in-the-round)...
When thinking about the various components involved in making a final flexo printed product, one of the most important elements to thoroughly consider is your image carrier selection.
After all, when your image carrier is not optimized for your...
When flexographic printing, you have lots of choices when it comes to ink: different brands, colors, qualities, viscosities, opacities, densities and bases.
Before a printer selects the best image carrier for their flexo printing needs, they...
If you’ve ever seen a child play with Silly Putty and newspaper, then you’ve seen image distortion at work. When the putty is pressed to the newspaper, the ink and text are transferred. Then, when the child stretches the putty -- or even puts...
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Flexography, or flexo, is a printing process that uses image carriers and quick-drying inks. It’s a process that emphasizes efficiency and long runs during printing.
Of the many technologies used to print on packaging,...
Commercial printing is changing rapidly, and the processes that produce the consumer goods we all see everyday are growing and changing as quickly as we are.
That’s why we thought it was time to take a fresh look at two different methods –...
It looks like flexographic printing will have a banner year in 2019. An expanding economy, more manufacturing activity and rising retail sales will help the U.S. flexo market reach around $20 billion.
Flexo printing inks alone should see more...
