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3D Packaging Design: Streamlining Pre-Production and Saving Costs

06/12/2026

3D digital packaging design has moved from a niche capability to a competitive necessity in the packaging supply chain. The ability to create, review, and approve a structurally accurate 3D model of a package before any physical prototyp...

Violet Laser CTP: From 5 mW to 6 W and the CTcP Revolution

06/06/2026

Violet laser diodes — emitting in the 395–410 nm range — were not developed for the printing industry. They came from consumer electronics, where they were called "blue lasers" and used in optical disc drives. But their wavelength overla...

Digital vs Offset Printing: The 1990s Battle That Shaped Today

06/05/2026

In 1994, Xeikon, Indigo, and Agfa launched the first generation of fully digital, four-color, on-demand high-speed presses. Scitex's Spontane, IBM's InfoColor, Xerox's DocuColor, and others soon followed. What was going to happen to offs...

CTP Plate Dot Loss, Ink Rejection, Low Life: 7 Root Causes

05/31/2026

When a CTP plate loses dots, rejects ink, or wears out early, the customer's first question is always: "Is the CTP machine at fault?" The answer, most of the time, is no. The laser only touches the image areas on negative-working plates ...

Flexo Process Analysis: Plate, Ink, and Press Setup Guide

05/30/2026

Flexo printing quality doesn't come from the press alone — it starts at the prepress analysis stage, where plate selection, dot curve design, and ink specification are matched to the specific substrate and print conditions. A plate that ...

Flexo Prepress Testing: Compensation for Stretch, Dot Gain, Trap

05/27/2026

Flexographic printing has a reputation for being hard to control — and most of that reputation comes from skipping the prepress testing step. Unlike offset or gravure, flexo's elastic plates, variable impression pressure, and anilox ink ...