Award winning engraving
MATRICI CDI EskoArtwork presenta HD Flexo, un’intuitiva tecnologia di incisione digitale delle
matrici per la stampa flessografica, basata sull’impiego combinato di un’ottica ad alta risoluzione e una tecnica di retinatura particolarmente accurata.

New horizons
FLEXO MACHINES The new Varyflex-F1 850 by Omet is designed for label converters who wish to create new prospects for themselves in the world of packaging. And viceversa…

Flexo printing, over the limits
EVERYTHING IS PERFECTABLE This the motto that inspired Kodak (consolidated supplier of flexographic CPT solutions for photopolymer plates with ablative laser mask) in its development of Kodak Flexcel NX: more accurate, stable, easy and reliable, it improves flexo print quality and performance levels...

Felix Brunner: rotogravure instructor
The renowned Swiss technician transformed the meeting of Taga Italia’s Technical Rotogravure Committee (February 25th, 2010) into a mini-conference. In focus: the superior quality of rotogravure printing. As long as…

Anilox: ingredients of a Concept
Simec Group’s attendance of ICE 2009 was to the tune of its new “Simec Concept”, a mix of products, processes and services aimed at allowing packaging printers or converters to optimize production by reducing overall costs and increasing printing quality. Here follow the ingredients of Simec Concept...

Integrated flexographic system

Just one platesetter
Lüscher AG has launched the new “XPose! 4FLEX”, the first platesetter able to perform imaging of plates for four different printing technologies: typographic, flexographic, silkscreen and offset.

Label workflow
Automated workflow for labeling: EskoArtwork and CERM are fielding a JDF link between their prospective preprint and Management Information Systems (MIS). In particular the problems of calculation and management of the blanks path and production programming have been tackled, with tangible progress on the subject of cost and error reduction and increase in flexibility (all the more appreciated for short runs).

High technology platesetter
There were many reasons for the satisfaction expressed by technicians and executives of SIB (Société d’Impression du Boulonnais, based in Boulogne sur Mer, F) over having installed a Velocità X version of the CTP Kodak Magnus VLF Quantum system.

Workflow
Best exploitation of PDFs 
SOFTWARE FOR GRAPHICS  The principal new features presented by Enfocus at the fair are optimisation of workflow and standardisation of PDF; Technosolutions, their Italian distributor, is also involved in the Crossroads project.

Engraving
The Perfect Dot
STATE OF THE ART The perfect dot, the role of software in 3D formation, high powered laser and equipment that contributes to guaranteeing the best print results... Excursus on the state of the art of direct laser engraving...

NEWS

End-to-end workflow
EskoArtwork presented, at Labelexpo Americas 2008, its own end-to-end solutions for the digital production of labels. The company has concentrated on a single workflow capable of managing a mixed output (digital and traditional) of tags and labels.

Controls
An evermore complete range on offer
ESKOARTWORK has completed its buy-up of Mikkelsen, adding the visual control systems applied to the US manufacturer’s cutter plotters to its product offer.