Flint Group has unveiled its nyloflex FTF digital plate for flexible packaging, aimed at simplifying the reproduction process for flat top dot and surface screening.
FTF stands for Flat Top Dot plate for Flexible Packaging
FTF stands for Flat Top Dot plate for Flexible Packaging. Flint Group says the new flexo plate provides flat top dots by simply processing it like any standard digital plate with no requirement for change; additional equipment, processing steps; or consumable items. A special, textured plate surface eliminates the need for surface screening. The texture of the plate provides an even ink laydown and increases solid ink density with a standard resolution of 2400 or 2540 dpi.
Flint Group says that conventional flat top dot and surface screening technologies provide high quality print results in flexo printing, but the reproduction still requires a complex prepress process and extensive plate making with additional steps and equipment. The company says that this new plate introduces a new and easy way to achieve the same results The company adds that the new plate enables a significant reduction in complexity and increased efficiency in the prepress and plate making process. It says extensive field trials showed a significant improvement of the typical trail edge void effect with the use of the plate.
This new photopolymer flexo printing plate comes on line in July.
