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Automation looks set to rock flexo pre-press

Flexo workflows are about to see an automation revolution. Simon Eccles surveys some newcomers which tie in to digital proofing, on line approvals and factory-wide management information systems.

March 06, 2010

Recent years have seen amazing advances in the areas of 3D design for folding cartons, flexible packaging and shrinkwraps. Offset pre-press workflows have also seen leaps forward in automation, to the point where it’s become an ‘industrial process,’ rather than an ‘art.’ However, pre-press for flexography has tended to lag behind, with only ‘islands of automation,’ and skilled operators wasting time doing repetitive tasks.
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