It’s a Brave New World

The fact that computer-to-plate (CTP) has been slow to take hold in the flexo market has to do with the way ink gets transferred to the flexographic printing plate, Norton believes. “The evolution of CTP for flexo has had to wait for the development of finer anilox rolls that permit the plate to hold a smaller dot.” Now that this and other technological challenges have been met, CTP for flexo is the technology responsible for the production of an increasing number of plates in the narrow-web tag and label markets, as well as the wide-web flexible packaging, folding carton, and corrugated market segments.