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FlexoTech: June 1998
Developments in flexographic printing
It seems that the most important developments in flexographic printing have already happened and that in presentations and exhibitions we hear about slight improvements which manufacturers and suppliers ask us to believe are ‘major innovations’. We investigate the recent developments in process printing
Beyond any doubt, digital plate imaging is one of the most important developments in the various types of stochastic screening a few years ago. It is easy to say afterwards that the introduction at Drupa in 1995 was a bit early because many difficulties had to be overcome before there was a stable industrial product.
For many areas of packaging, flexography is, under more or less laboratory conditions, able to reach the quality of gravure and offset printing and even better. No doubt it has a lot of advantages against other printing methods, because of its flexible printing plate and its ability to print on all kind of substrates.
With new technology we are able to reach an excellent standard, and to get a good pay out from our machines because of short downtimes using sleeves and automatic washing installations. Because of this, flexographic printing is still a growing printing technique.
