Xeikon Prepress highlights digital platemaking flexibility

Xeikon Prepress, part of the Flint Group, is demonstrating platemaking products that optimise and drive productivity at Labelexpo Americas 2018.

Xeikon Prepress, which designs and manufactures computer to plate equipment, digital platemaking systems under the ThermoFlexX brand name and CtCP as basysPrint, is showing its ThermoFlexX 48-S at Labelexpo Americas 2018

Xeikon Prepress, which designs and manufactures computer to plate equipment, digital platemaking systems under the ThermoFlexX brand name and CtCP as basysPrint, is showing its ThermoFlexX 48-S.

ThermoFlexX offers fully automatic plate loading and unloading with a productivity up to 6m2/hr and a choice of imaging resolutions up to 5080 dpi. With the latest imager and multi-plate software release customers will benefit from an optimized output, automatically selecting the best quality at the highest productivity.

The ThermoFlexX user interface automatically informs the operator for basic preventive maintenance actions, keeping the imager in perfect condition.

Xeikon’s enhanced WoodPecker II product provides surface screening at different resolutions, without sacrificing productivity. Depending on the substrate, there is a choice between single and multipixel surface screening patterns offering a smooth ink lay-down and increased solid ink density.

Christophe Lievens, director of sales and marketing of ThermoFlexX, says: ‘We are showing a range of solutions designed to deliver the highest quality results quickly and consistently. They will optimise productivity to ensure that production is as streamlined and as smooth as possible which supports workflow efficiency.’