Expanded Kodak Flexcel Product Line
2010/06/15
Kodak is expanding the range of its flexo solutions adding 3 new Kodak Flexcel Systems
The Flexcel NX Wide System will support plates with sizes up to 42 by 60 inches, delivering all the features and benefits of the current Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic System in a larger format, allowing printers and trade houses to produce a wider range of package sizes or increase efficiency though the ability to optimize job layout on one plate. The Flexcel NX System, including the new Flexcel NX Wide System, dramatically increases the quality and efficiency of flexographic printing, for applications including tags and labels, folding cartons, and flexible packages, while also offering improved productivity and predictability on press.
The Flexcel Direct System features innovative new technology for the direct laser engraving of flexo elastomer and is ideally suited for imaging in-the-round forms that also delivers an affordable, high-quality solution for seamed or seamless sleeves. The new Flexcel Direct System is a versatile solution that simplifies the platemaking process, eliminates the variability associated with traditional flexographic processes, and removes the need for chemical processing.
Like the Flexcel NX System, the Flexcel SRX System features flat top dots and Kodak SquareSpot Imaging Technology to deliver improved tonal reproduction and excellent print stability. The high-resolution SquareSpot Imaging capabilities of the Kodak Flexcel NX Imager enable one-to-one reproduction of the digital file on Kodak DITR Film 4401, a material that requires no chemical processing and delivers excellent image capabilities compared to traditional film. The film mask is then used to expose Kodak Flexcel SR Flexographic Plates, available in a wide range of sizes and durometers, to produce a conventional flexo plate with the tonal reproduction that the industry has come to expect from a digital solution.
Kodak is expanding the range of its flexo solutions, adding the Kodak Flexcel NX Wide System, the Kodak Flexcel Direct System and Kodak Flexcel SRX System. These additions join the award-winning Kodak Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic System in Kodak’s flexographic product line to address different needs in the very diverse package printing market.
The Flexcel NX Wide System will support plates with sizes up to 42 by 60 inches, delivering all the features and benefits of the current Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic System in a larger format, allowing printers and trade houses to produce a wider range of package sizes or increase efficiency though the ability to optimize job layout on one plate. The Flexcel NX System, including the new Flexcel NX Wide System, dramatically increases the quality and efficiency of flexographic printing, for applications including tags and labels, folding cartons, and flexible packages, while also offering improved productivity and predictability on press.
The Flexcel Direct System features innovative new technology for the direct laser engraving of flexo elastomer and is ideally suited for imaging in-the-round forms that also delivers an affordable, high-quality solution for seamed or seamless sleeves. The new Flexcel Direct System is a versatile solution that simplifies the platemaking process, eliminates the variability associated with traditional flexographic processes, and removes the need for chemical processing.
Like the Flexcel NX System, the Flexcel SRX System features flat top dots and Kodak SquareSpot Imaging Technology to deliver improved tonal reproduction and excellent print stability. The high-resolution SquareSpot Imaging capabilities of the Kodak Flexcel NX Imager enable one-to-one reproduction of the digital file on Kodak DITR Film 4401, a material that requires no chemical processing and delivers excellent image capabilities compared to traditional film. The film mask is then used to expose Kodak Flexcel SR Flexographic Plates, available in a wide range of sizes and durometers, to produce a conventional flexo plate with the tonal reproduction that the industry has come to expect from a digital solution.