Consistent Across the Board

Send the reaper home

Mace is quick to note that although gravure has a lot to offer, flexo is still nipping at its heels. "Flexo has made major strides with the servo presses [in terms of] print quality," he says. "With anilox improvements, plate technology, and the presses themselves, they are pushing the envelope and getting much better." He also says that web litho is encroaching on gravure's space. "Web litho used to be hamstrung by the cassette sizes, but now there are variable sleeve offset presses coming out."