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...
Usually we focus more on the in-depth technical aspects of flexographic printing, but we realize that some readers are just starting out in this field.
Since many newcomers to the industry don’t completely understand what process transfers an...
In the flexographic printing world, paying attention to the tiniest of details can make the biggest of differences. One small detail that requires attention is dot profiles ( or shapes).
It seems simple enough to overlook, but the experienced...
Anilox volume refers to the carrying capacity of an anilox cell, or the amount of ink held in each cell, during Flexographic Printing.
It is one of the many factors that determines the amount of ink that is transferred to the print material, and...
If you’re in the flexographic printing industry, you know better than anyone that in order to get the perfect print there are hundreds of things to align, test, and measure.
These considerations are only increasing with the development of...
We’re sorry you’re feeling the pressure in your printing operations.
Flexo printing is a pressure-sensitive process. You may have great ink chemistry/composition combined with the best choices of anilox, image carrier, and substrate. But...
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...
We don’t like to speak in certainties when it comes to flexo printing defects. Any number of variables can cause any number of defects within your printed image.
Our list of the 12 most common flexo printing defects is compiled with that in...
Clean up your act! OK, so we know dirty print is not all your fault.
Among other common flexo printing defects, dirty print is particularly confounding. It can stem from contamination, ink consistency, plate/sleeve issues, press room atmosphere,...
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.
