Making Flexo Stronger: FTA’s Focus at 50

Prepress Session

Tom Cassano of MacDermid Printing Solutions asked where the value of a digital prepress workflow is. When it comes to converting to digital platemaking, Cassano said the critical question is “Will I lose business if I don’t?” Ray Bodwell of DuPont Packaging Graphics compared the three types of processing (solvent, thermal and laser) and three types of imagesetters—direct laser engravers (DLE), laser ablation mask (LAM) and laser laminate. Mark Samworth, EskoArtwork, took a new look at an old topic: dot gain curves. He declared, “Fundamentals are more important than the advanced,” and “Curves are the most important part of flexo.”