CDI technology escorts flexo plate-making CTP

The high-quality printing effect of CDI flexo greatly enhances the confidence of people in the industry, especially packaging printing and packaging users, in flexo printing. In narrow flexo printing, CDI flexo has been widely used because of its high resolution and high quality requirements.

However, whether it is the CTF process flow or the CTP digital process flow, there are also many challenges for flexographic printing. Many of these problems are focused on major investments in basic equipment. The relatively well-known CDI system in the industry is now provided by Eskotec.

Esko's CDI (Cyrel Digital Imager) technology offers a number of benefits for the flexo-plate CTP, including: excellent image matching and registration, which allows the printer to register faster and reduce startup waste, ie, faster , Lower-cost printing preparation. In addition, for the flexographic plate, the more “hard” dot edges provide sharp images, a more stable ink balance, and reduced waste at startup and improved printing stability.

CDI technology can also further reduce the possibility of human error in the imposition process. Because the process of plate making is reduced, relatively speaking. The error rate is naturally reduced. And eliminate the output film link, saving time.

Registration is very important for high-quality color printing, and perfect registration of all rollers is the most critical for obtaining high-quality printing. CDI can provide perfect registration, using the best film, the best printing plate, the best vacuum printing machine and the most perfect control environment, and it is almost impossible to obtain the registration with the CDI registration level.

Laser engraving on digital flexo removes the LAMS layer on the digital flexo to form dots. Afterwards, after back exposure and main exposure, the Uv light source will harden the applicable parts. After the traditional solvent treatment of the plate processor is used for drying or through the faster Cyrel Fast processing method, a digital flexo plate can be directly printed on the machine.

CDI technology can also control the expansion rate of outlets, making high-quality outlets more perfect and easier to present on printed matters, enabling unprecedented high-quality printing to be achieved not only with offset printing but also with flexographic printing.

In addition, a comprehensive and integrated workflow software helps CDI provide a complete supply chain for label, tag, corrugated, and other packaging industries—from product design to distribution.

With the global response to the greening effect. The printing industry is also gradually aware of the importance of environmental protection. In the production process of printed materials, more emphasis is placed on the use of environmentally friendly inks. This is also the ink used in flexo printing. Therefore, the packaging industry around the world has recognized the concept of eco-friendly flexographic printing. This will also promote the faster promotion and application of CDI technology.