There’s an equation for printing success. Too much press downtime while troubleshooting defects isn’t a part of it. Wasted time is wasted money.
This diagnostic chart helps you quickly hone in on your flexo printing defects and their likely...
If you're reading this article, you're probably already familiar with flexographic printing, printing that uses cylinders and elastomer sleeves to print on a variety of substrates at high speeds, while achieving high quality products.
But did...
Print registration is the precise alignment of your ink combinations on the substrate. Misregistration by the tiniest fraction of an inch can completely skew your print.
Behind every image carrier that leaves Luminite Products Corporation, there is a carefully engineered process of creation.
We’ve outlined this process below to take you on a virtual tour of what happens behind the scenes on our shop floor, and to...
There’s a science behind your choice of ink. Different flexo printing inks are crafted to work best with varying image carriers and substrates.
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...
