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...
Knowing how much flexographic ink you need for a particular job and making sure you use that ink most efficiently can make a significant difference in your profitability.
It’s important to look at some ways to calculate ink amounts and examine...
We've all had that moment when we're painting, tracing, or gluing something and in our intense concentration, our hand slips, marring our precious work.
That's what print misregistration is like. To get the best possible print, the alignment of...
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 determine the amount of ink that is transferred to the print material and...
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 flexo...
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 causes,...
Surface tension is one of two key factors in proper substrate wetting (the other being surface energy). Tension is what causes liquids moving to form into a spherical shape, as if they are surround by an elastic membrane under tension. The molecules...
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...
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.
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...
