In part one of this two-series article on pre-press in flexography, R S Bakshi dives deep into the technology to find solutions to reproducing rich coloured labels and saving costs as well.
One of the most important factors to be taken into consideration in FLEXO printing, is the cell volume of an anilox roll. The higher the volume, the higher the transfer that produces higher Solid Ink Density(SID) in print. The problem comes when one has to print high resolution screen of 175, 200 to 250 lpi on plate where the anilox screen used is 1200 lpi or higher. As the screen ruling increases the cell opening reduces along with the reduced cell depth and the cell volume comes down and so al