Developing the use of multiple Screen rulings on flexographic Printing plates

Document Type : scientific articles

Author

Printing Publishing and Packaging Dep., Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University , Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Flexographic screen ruling depends on the design elements and anilox cell lines available to the printing press producing the printing runs, and it is possible to develop the use of multiple different screen rulings on the same flexographic printing plates and their compatibility with different designs and production techniques, and thus find solutions to produce different designs with multiple screen rulings on the same printing plate while making maximum use of the available production techniques. There are some auxiliary programs that are used to produce multiple screen rulings on the same printing plate surface, but the applications were separate, and the researcher tried to develop the use of these auxiliary programs and adapt them to make maximum use of the capabilities available to printing presses, and try to obtain the best desired results, as follows: Not having to reduce the screen ruling for the entire production process when a color is printed using anilox with a grid line less than the one used with the rest of the design colors directed to anilox with soft line, Not having to add special colors and thus increase the costs, Highlighting the fine details of thin lines or their equivalents by increasing their screen ruling to reach the maximum possible smoothness without dot dipping occurrence, and preserving the other elements with their shade degrees and applying the appropriate and safe screen ruling, Avoiding the occurrence of the (moiré) effect,

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