MacDermid introduces new platemaking process

MacDermid Printing Solutions has introduced a new platemaking process, called Lux, which is claimed to produce digital plates with an extended print gamut, reduced fluting in corrugated, and improved print performance with smoother vignettes, higher contrast and faster press start-up. The process works with MacDermid’s existing plates, does not require modification to current equipment, and can be used with all flexo lasers.  

‘The print results that our customers have reported during testing have been spectacular,’ said Dr Timothy Gotsick, director of innovation at MacDermid. ‘By including this simple step in the platemaking process, we create an enhanced dot profile that can quite simply print better.’ 

CSW, based in Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA, has been using MacDermid’s new Lux process for several months. Marek Skrzynski, director of graphics, R&D, at CSW, said: ‘It has been very easy to integrate this technology into our pre-press workflow. We are able to use our existing equipment and products with Lux. The biggest plus of this technology is that it enables us to offer digital flexo plates for the first time to customers across all packaging segments; wide and narrow web, folding cartons, and corrugated printing. They are delighted with the print quality and consistency.’  

‘With the introduction of Lux, we are offering our customers the ability to differentiate themselves in the flexo marketplace,’ said Scot Benson, vice president and general manager at MacDermid. ‘By offering this versatile new technology that can be used with the same plates and same equipment that our customers already use, we are providing them the greatest amount of freedom in how they choose to run their business.’ 

The Lux process was formally introduced at the FTA Info*Flex on May 3, 2010. 

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