DIGITAL PREPRESS SERVICES FOR FLEXO PRINTING

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 steps you can take to make the whole printing process more efficient. One word of caution: While online ink consumption calculators are good for estimating, be aware that accurate estimates of how much ink is needed require a thorough production consumption test with the press-ready ink, substrate, image carrier, and press to be used.

If you've ever wondered how the flexographic printing process works, an important component is the image carrier services. After an image has been provided and edited for the printing process, flexographic printing plates or cylinders are created. Behind every image carrier that leaves Luminite Products Corporation, there is a carefully engineered process of creation. We’ve outlined this process below to take you on a virtual tour of what happens behind the scenes on our shop floor, and to show you how we maintain quality and precision through every step of the production journey.

  With a wide range of substrate materials & sizes, as well as a plethora of different applications, different styles and types of printing presses exist to serve the wide-ranging flexographic printing industry.  Of all the press types, the most common flexo press found throughout print houses are inline printing presses. To garnish the full potential of your artwork and ensure that your printer’s inline-press is capable of handling the design of your next product packaging, poster, or other goods, it’s important to have a thorough understanding of the components/sections of an in-line press and how they operate together.  Below, we’ll break down the 6 major components of an inline flexo printing machine.