What is a flexographic printing press?

What is a flexographic printing press?

A flexo press uses flexible photopolymer printing plates to imprint images across a wide range of surfaces, making it one of the most efficient methods for large volume requirements. Used widely for labels and packaging – flexo printing is reliable and provides consistently high quality print results at the same time.

What does Mark Andy do?

As the world’s leading manufacturer of narrow- and mid-web printing and finishing equipment, we supply leading global brands, including Mark Andy and Presstek printing presses, Rotoflex finishing solutions, as well as a complete line of Mark Andy Print Products consumables and pressroom supplies.

What is the major component in flexographic printing press?

Lets look into the flexo printing press through a few of its few crucial components that include the anilox, plate, ink, and the substrate. Anilox is the cylinder or the cylinder sleeve on the flexo press that picks up the ink for printing.

What are flexographic plates made of?

Originally, flexo plates were made from rubber, but are today made from photopolymer material in sheet form – which differentiates them from the fixed metallic printing plates of offset printing. The plates are flexible enough to be wrapped around cylindrical print/plate rollers.

Where is flexography used?

Flexographic Printing is commonly used in the production of flexible food and beverage packaging, labels, boxes, and folding cartons.

Who owns Mark Andy?

MAI Holdings, Inc.
Mark Andy/Parent organizations

Why is flexographic ink so liquid?

The Reason Behind Water-Based Flexographic Ink Water-based acrylic polymers are used in inks every day, worldwide. This type of ink maximizes profitability while also reducing the impact our manufacturing process has on the environment. The most common diluent used is water.

What type of ink is used in flexography?

The two major types of fluid inks used in flexography are water-base and alcohol-base. Alcohol-base inks are most often used to print on nonabsorbent substrates such as film and foil. Water-base inks most often are used on absorbent substrates such as paper and paperboard.

What are the disadvantages of flexography?

On the downside, flexographic printing is not very advanced. It cannot produce complicated and extensive artwork as compared to that produced by rotogravure printing. The colors in the final product of flexographic printing are neither as bold nor as crisp as they are in rotogravure printing.

How is a flexographic printing plate made?

A flexographic print is made by creating a positive mirrored master of the required image as a 3D relief in a rubber or polymer material. Flexographic plates can be created with analog and digital platemaking processes. The image areas are raised above the non image areas on the rubber or polymer plate.

What are the advantages of flexographic printing?

An advantage of flexography is that is a fast and economical method to print relatively simple designs on stand up packaging.

• It supports a range of colors.
• It can be used with water-based inks as well as oil-based inks. Currently water-based inks are popular because of their non-toxicity.

Do all flexographic presses have tunnel dryers?

This printing process is a combination of offset lithography and rotogravure. (True/False) All flexographic presses are equipped with tunnel dryers. (True/False) One major advantage of the central impression cylinder is its ability to hold excellent print registration.