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What is the Halo Effect/Squeezed Edge in Flexo Printing? In the publishing and printing industries, the Halo Effect or Squeezed Edge is a term used to describe how a technology change can significantly impact how products are printed.  In the case of flexo printing, this refers to how the arrival of digital presses and digital […]

Background ghosting effect The ghosting effect is a visual distortion when photos or images are printed with a flexible printing press. The distortion results in the loss of details and textures, making it look like the image is melting or moving.  Ghosting can be particularly noticeable in photos taken with a camera moving when the photo […]

What is the color strength too low problem in flexo printing ? Too low color strength is a common issue with flexo printing. The problem is usually caused by a lack of colorant ink formulation.  This can result from several factors, including incorrect pigmentation or inadequate dispersion of the colorants in ink. In most cases, […]

How to mount large flexo printing plates ? Welcome to Anyflexo Tutorials. In this video we explain how to mount post printing flexo plates and how to increase the efficiency with some simple tools. The larger the design, the larger, heavier and expensive the plate gets and makes it difficult to mount large flexo printing […]

Laser Imaging of flexo plate During plate imaging the printing design is transferred from the file to the plate. The image is not yet polymerized, but is only existent as a mask.  Unlike conventional plates or other technologies that use film for image transfer, digital photopolymer plates are containing an embedded mask layer. This black […]

A study on effects of laser cleaning (because of incorrect settings) for anilox rollers based on real observations. Anilox prior to laser cleaning When laser cleaning is used to clean Anilox rollers, using the correct power and speed settings recommended by the manufacturers it was observed that a good level of cleaning, recovering the original […]

No matter if you mount a few cylinders on your label press or up to 100 wide web sleeves a day. The mounting always has an impact on the print result. When preparing your sleeves and plates for the mounting there are just a few key factors. If you get them right, it will save […]

Flexo cushion backing foam helps in better handling of the printing plate in corrugated cardboard post print Ground-breaking for the still young company Innova Flexo Products GmbH was the customer’s request to further improve a proven product in corrugated post-printing. Based on many years of expertise and a brilliant idea, the development of a substructure […]