Benefits from today’s anilox rolls include dot gain reduction, improved color quality, and longer roll life

By Tom Polischuk

David Skellie, president, Interflex Laser Engravers—Newer generation laser technology has allowed finer print quality through high-definition anilox line counts. These higher line counts also have increased cell volumes and enable printers to utilize finer plate screens that are necessary to compete with gravure/offset printing. High-definition anilox line counts allow the plate to print finer detail (1 percent dot on digital plates), yet bring up required densities.