Automated prepress workflows are key to improvements in quality and time to market in package printing.

By Jean-Marie Hershey

At Graph Expo 2007, Kodak launched a new computer-to-plate (CTP) print solution for package printing. According to Kodak, the Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic System provides near-offset print quality on a wide variety of substrates, including paper, flexible film, foil, and label stock. The system reportedly can reproduce highlight dots considerably smaller than those possible with other digital flexo technologies, enabling printers to reproduce on press, subtle gradations in highlights and use all levels of grey.