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no film no vacuum no failure photopolymer plate making by CTP direct inkjet to flexo plate making total solution. - details see: https://www.machineto.com/ctp-direct-inkjet-flexo-plate-making-10072786

NozzleBlackdigital direct inkjet –Flexo CTP

In May 2012 during Drupa, a new technology of digital inkjet printing press was shown and have been commended as an great innovation after Mr. Johannes Gutenberg had invented a printing press. As a matter of fact it was derived from electronic image forming by a liquid electro-ink method in 1993 during IPEX, by taking advantages of magnetic field reaction to form an image roller then transfer onto paper or substrate.

After 20 years, direct image to photopolymer plate by inkjet printer – CTP INKJET for flexo plate making without using film is also becoming practical and practical.

Actually, it was an extensive development of CTF (Computer To Film). Due to new development of Nano ink technology, CTP (Computer To Plate) INKJECT is now practical, ordinary, economic and substantial with more versatility of wider range for substrate selection. NozzleBlack can inkjet to any untreated film and uncoated paper

as tracing paper which is a cheapest translucent paper material for negative making as a film. Ton May 14-17 2013, CTP INKJET for photopolymer plate making was announced in China Print by which opening a new era of Flexo CTP.

Due to NozzleBlack, its easy to inkjet black image with density over 3.50 on tracing paper and any non-coated film as a negative for plate exposure.

RD team of @flexo league has tried to print it on photopolymer plate directly as CTP plate (Computer To Plate) and find the result is good and vacuum is not required any more.

In China Print 2013, @flexo is announcing this new total solution of CTP inkjet system at booth E12-062 welcome your visit. A rival in

the industry gives comment this CTP inkjet may open a new era of future flexo plate making.

Conventional photographic film manufacturers have announced to terminate the production, this has scared most of the users, film price increase day by day thus has forced consumers to pursue other methods in stead. Due to Nano technology, to prepare a color dye of 20 nano is no longer difficult now, plus additives for the ink, it is easy to have a ink layer by inkjet at 40-50 nano and reaching the same density of offset ink layer which is 400-500 nano, however the consumption of ink is only 10% does not matter it is an ink layer of color reflection or black opaque to block the light transmission when forming the plate image. This is the reason why we can use the ink to spray image directly on the photopolymer plates, no mater it’s a letterpress plate or flexographic plate in any thickness with any brands.