Esko has introduced two new products, the CDI Crystal 4835 and Print Control Wizard, with the aim of simplifying the platemaking process for flexo printers.
The CDI Crystal 4835 supports the 48 x 35 inch plate size and provides the same benefits as the CDI Crystal 5080 such as automatic plate loading and unloading. The plate waste and plate inconsistencies resulting from manual plate handling are completely eliminated. It can also work with the XPS Crystal exposure unit.
An early user of the CDI Crystal 4835, Lene Hoegh Madsen, pre-press manager at the packaging group Schur in Germany, confirmed, ‘The CDI Crystal and XPS Crystal are very easy to operate. We can train new operators very fast, and that enables us to make plates at night or early in the morning depending on our needs, and not only when our platemaking expert is in.’
Launching at the same time is Esko’s Print Control Wizard. The application goes beyond screening and outputs the right plate fit for purpose based on a range of print run parameters. The plates produced through Print Control Wizard deliver high print quality; they use screen and dot gain curves that take into consideration the press, substrates, inks, anilox and other print run parameters.
‘The first customers that worked with Print Control Wizard confirm that it is as simple as entering the production parameters in order to get superb screening fit for the print run,’ said Robert Bruce, flexo product manager with Esko, ‘and the print results prove it: the plates last longer on the press and deliver brilliant, consistent quality.’
