Flexographic Printing Innovation (below)

In terms of printing engineering, such as the automatic installation of the drum method and the sleeve method, which accelerates the replacement time of the job, this technology is combined with the automatic cleaning device, and each person in the printing press can assume various tasks at the same time. The efficiency of the entire operation has been greatly improved. In addition, in the printing machine using 10 or 12 units, during the printing of the 5 to 6 units, the remaining 5 to 6 units can also be set. Improvements such as registration control using video technology also contribute to the improvement of printing speed.
In the area of ​​layout design and prepress engineering, digital workflows are being shifted to achieve a significant increase in speed.
In terms of hardware and software, standard work platforms are also commonly used. The price of work terminals is also declining, and the processing speed is also increasing. The application software has also become very strong and powerful. Compared with the special system that was very expensive for a few years ago, it has produced a full-featured, high-quality product. Thanks to the full digitalization of the prepress project, skilled workers who used manual operations for hours in the past required several hours of lithography and continuous drying operations in just a few minutes.
Rely on Advanced Digital Proofing Improvements One of the strengths of past flexo printing methods was the use of numerous spot colors. However, the only way to correctly understand color proofs until today is analogy proofs like Crolimline. This method requires a negative image. Proofing work requires skilled labor. It is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Moreover, in the printing process, the dot gain is very serious. Therefore, two negatives different from the original plate for proofing and the negative plate for printing must be prepared first, which is uneconomical in terms of time and cost, and at the same time becomes unnecessary. The factors of the engineering variables.
Until recently, the analog proofing system was replaced by a continuous proofing system such as digital Cromartin. First of all, it is characterized by good reproducibility of color and tone and stability of reproduction. In addition, the color reproduction field is broad and it is able to accurately represent the tone of Spot color, which is also a great advantage.
Manufacturers provide highly accurate color matching functions at very low prices, and because the printing specifications correspond to a wide variety of equipment costs, the proofing machine for remote control proofing is also suitable.
Mature and practical CTP
In the field of flexo printing, CTP has been developed and has begun to be introduced. While CTP can contribute to the quality required for providing flexographic printing, it has also achieved great results in shortening the production period of the prepress project.
The first-generation CTP, although it has already experienced three years of operating results, but because it is a new technology, the equipment cost is indeed too high. Therefore, its market demand is limited to the professional plate-making units that can maintain the amount of jobs that meet the requirements of expensive equipment. However, the recent introduction of Barco, Creo Scitex small flexible version of the CTP is relatively cheap, no doubt attracted more printing companies to introduce CTP. It is estimated that the digital imaging professional plate-making company will also gradually introduce CTP.
As mentioned above, from the designer to the plate making professional, as well as the printing company's internal production workflow, new technologies have been selected to increase productivity. In the future, the company will expand the market by strengthening the communication network between companies, including users, with the goal of further shortening the production period. In fact, this trend has already begun.