Spot On - PCMC's Flexo Blog

Time is money. It’s a fact that all flexographic printers and converters understand. The faster a job can be set up, run to completion, and changed over to the next job, the more jobs a printer can run. Every minute that a press isn’t running is money lost.

While digital printing is creating quite a buzz throughout the packaging industry with its customizability, short run prowess and lack of plates, it is only responsible for a small fraction of printed packaging, whereas flexo remains the dominant technology and is poised to remain that way for the foreseeable future.

With the rise of the rage of digital printing, many are looking to abandon existing flexo printing processes. Not so fast! Flexo still has these advantages that result in stronger bottom line!

How can you use less labor and fewer materials and yet provide a world-class package with greater product protection? How can you impact the environment less? What are those game-changing innovations that help you lead the way?

Companies must promote their brands and packaging in the most consistent way possible – both in matching their brand color and in print quality. Knowing your individual process is the best way to achieve that goal for your customer. By mastering ink film thickness, honing in on anilox roll maintenance, and getting suppliers involved, your ability to be successful will increase. Consistency in operation equals consistency in print, and a thorough understanding of your anilox roll inventory is a major contributor to this success.