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Luminite to Attend FTAs FORUM 2022 Conference

Following an extremely successful 2021 fall conference, Luminite is excited to announce we will be attending FTA’s FORUM 2022 conference.

Image Carrier Technical Support Services

With flexographic printing being a niche portion of the printing industry, finding technical support when a printing defect arises can be challenging. Should you reach out to the press manufacturer, image carrier service, or maybe even a former...

Blister Pack Printing Adhesives: How to Remain FDA Compliant

Blister packaging is a key component of pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic products. 

Mottled Print: Understanding This Common Flexo Printing Defect

Package printing often requires a great deal of solid-color imagery, even in the most intricate of design patterns.

That black backdrop behind a picture of a product? Solid image. That large, single-color logo affixed to the side of a cardboard...

Flexo Vs. Offset Printing: Inks, Maintenance, Cost, Convenience

Package printing comes in many shapes and sizes. Printers and label makers use four main types of printing processes packaging: flexographic, digital, gravure, and offset.

Sustainable Printing Methods: Flexo vs. Screen, Gravure, Litho, Offset

As the manufacturing society trends toward more eco-friendly practices, it’s important to consider whether or not you’re using sustainable printing methods. 

Care and Maintenance of Flexo Print Sleeves, Cylinders, and Plates

When it comes to maximizing the lifespan and usefulness of flexographic printing equipment, the importance of proper care and maintenance procedures cannot be overlooked. 

Just as you would protect a new combine, dozer, or piece of manufacturing...

Comparing Litho, Screen Printing, Digital Printing and Flexo for Corrugated

A variety of consumer products are packed into corrugated containers for shipping. To reduce costs, many companies ship products in shelf-ready packaging.

The demand for shelf-ready shipping packages created the need for printing directly onto...

Gear Marks: The Flexo Printing Defect You Can Hear (Sometimes)

They’re so easy to spot. Gear marks in flexographic printing appear as alternating linear areas of light and dark running perpendicular to the web direction on your press. These nearly always occur in regular intervals across the substrate.

Flexo 101: 4 Approaches to Combat Misregistration in Printing

Even the most sophisticated and advanced print shops sometimes experience defects in their prints. And misregistration in printing can affect even the most skilled press shops.  

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