Ampac installs HD Flexo technology from EskoArtwork

Ampac, a packaging converter supplying the retail, food, pet food, security and medical sectors, has been named the first HD Flexo-certified printer in the Americas by EskoArtwork.

Ampac earned the distinction through the implementation of EskoArtwork’s HD Flexo High Definition Flexographic technology in the printing of flexible film in its Seattle, USA, facility. The process and use of HD digital flexographic technology provides high-resolution laser optics and advanced screening technologies to deliver extended color gamut, higher contrast, increased tonal range and smoother vignettes. HD Flexo printing uses these technologies to deliver 150-line screening at 4000 dpi with a smaller dot size and imaging quality that rivals offset.

The company has reported a number of benefits brought by the HD Flexo technology, including reduced time in pre-press set-up and job turnaround, as well as cost savings. ‘Jobs once using gravure print can now move to HD Flexo, which can reduce costs associated with gravure pre-press,’ according to a statement. ‘Customers with small print runs, whether for surface or reverse print laminations, can now have exceptional graphics without the higher pre-press costs associated with gravure print.’

Ampac art director Joe Lydic said: ‘EskoArtwork gave us the tools, but it took the whole company to pull it off. We have the talented people to pull the plates and run the press. Our staff, in combination with the HD Flexo software and hardware upgrade, has allowed us to live up to our name and mission.’

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