Today my wife challenged me with 2 versions of a packaging that showed a brand color with -she said- visible differences: “But is this difference tolerable?” she asked.I must say that her color vision is probably not normal: she can often spot a difference when a normal human being would not see anything.So, I took […]
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Natural Plate Compensation (NPC) curves are a new and simplified method designed to determine and apply plate compensation curves within any flexographic workflow. This method provides smooth transitions and equidistant tone values directly within the compensation curves by making best use of measurements according to ISO 20654:2017 – Graphic technology – Measurement and calculation of
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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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It is important to know in depth the technical characteristics of the printing press, and especially the configuration of the cylinders. Their diameters, combined with the gauge and the resilience of the plate, of the mounting tape and of the substrate, will determine whether the print will happen in the right position, without slurring, having
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One need describe the theory, and then the practice. Those who fall in love with practice, without science, are like the helmsman who boards a vessel without a rudder or compass, and who never knows where he may be cast. Practice must always be built on good theory. [Leonardo Da Vinci]
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