Sheetfed Solutions

"You can always go gravure, which is very competitive when it comes to quality, but the cost of cylinders is high," Schmidt maintains. Rudy Valenta, manager of corporate sales for MAN Roland, adds that flexo plates are also expensive, with litho plates proving less costly. The quality of offset is better than flexo, he says, while admitting gravure quality is good but has a high cylinder price tag. "The best option is sheetfed litho," Valenta concludes.