Anilox Engraving

Alexander James, technical graphics manager, Harper GraphicSolutions, says, “Sleeves are generally used for wide web, and print at higher speeds. As a result, the cell per inch engravings compared to narrow web [rolls] are on average not as high.”

However, according to Lanska, the use of servo technology allows for sleeve LPIs to be on the high end of the scale. “Like conventional anilox rolls, anilox sleeves can be engraved to the entire gamut of engraving specifications,” he says. “Generally, however, anilox sleeves are suited to high-end process printing because of the precise ink placement and registration control afforded by servo technology. For that reason, they tend to be on the high end of the LPI scale.”