DuPont claims new flexo plates are ‘industry game changer’

26 April 2012


DuPont Packaging Graphics is launching a new range of flexographic printing plates that will feature on it stand at the Drupa print industry show in Düsseldorf, 3-16 May.

In response to significant and growing demands for higher solid ink density (SID), DuPont has developed a new digital plate formulated specifically for highest SID combined with excellent dot gain characteristics.

Described as “true next-generation plates with re-engineered print surface technology”, the DuPont Cyrel solvent-process DSP and DuPont Cyrel FAST DFP are standard workflow digital plates designed for flexible packaging printers requiring high densities, good minimum dot size and low dot gain.

The new plates do not require expensive investments in digital prepress and digital technology as they work in a standard digital workflow, and they are fully functional with all standard-LAMs-based platesetters.

“These innovations will significantly and positively impact the quality of printed packaging for our customers,” says Tracy Lunt, global technology manager DuPont Packaging Graphics.

The company says the technology is “a game changer for the industry”, and that the thermal-process Cyrel FAST DFP and the solvent-process Cyrel DSP plates will be the DuPont primary solution for improved solid ink density for flexible packaging.

They are said to be nearly universal digital plates for these markets, and “true combination plates” capable of high-quality reproduction of solids, halftones and text on the same plate, providing medium-high density for high resolution.

In addition, the design is robust enough for long runs with clean printing and good wear.

DuPont Packaging Graphics is one of the world’s leading suppliers of flexographic printing systems in digital and conventional formats.




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