It is often thought that the skill of a printing press operator is linked to his ability to solve problems. It’s actually more important to make sure these problems don’t happen. And this is achieved with an in-depth knowledge of the variables and components that interact in the printing process.I covered this in the article […]
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In this FTA webinar (FQC / FIRST Tech Focus, May 12, 2023), I explain how to achieve your sustainability goals with simple settings in prepress or, even better, at the design stage of your flexographic artwork.Watch the video and learn how to save time and boost your productivity by reducing your press downtime and energy
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The sustainability of a printed package doesn’t depend only on the type of substrate used: prepress activities and printing conditions play an important role too. In this article, published on Converting magazine, I tried to give some indications to achieve very significant savings in the flexographic process. You can download the full article with English
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Flexography will definitely benefit from latest ISO standards on Graphic technology: ISO/PAS 15339-1:2015 – Printing from digital data across multiple technologies – Part 1: Principles ISO/PAS 15339-2:2015 – Printing from digital data across multiple technologies – Part 2: Characterized reference printing conditions, CRPC1-CRPC7 ISO 17972-4:2018 – Colour data exchange format (CxF/X) – Part 4: Spot
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One of the most frequent activities in prepress editing for flexography is the setup of run color control patches. Such targets may include different elements like a solid 100%, different tonal values and other elements like impression and slur patches. When using Adobe Illustrator for editing complex jobs featuring many colours, it might be useful
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FlexoTech magazine published an interesting article about color management for prepress in flexography on April 2013 and September 2013 issues. The article was written by Stefano d’Andrea and Steve Donegan of Graphic Republik and it covers subjects about prepress before platemaking, with particular attention to colour management. You can download the two parts of the article
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