I have worked in Commercial offset my whole career, and recently made the switch to label Flexo Printing.
OK so now I know, the Flexo presses can not accept CIP 3, I get it.
My dilemma is being given the task to finger print the presses. I am trying to go towards the direction that I used for offset, Start out with Linear plates, 1% = 1% 25% =25% 50% = 50% and so on. Then record the data from the print run and calculate the needed dot gain compensation from there. Then applying my curve to new set of plates and verify the new plates with compensation curve.
I am being lead to believe that may not be the case in Flexo. I've read some documentation that says there is perhaps a bump-curve used to compensate for high lights only. The concerns is with the shadows possibly plugging at the 80% dot with Linear plates, etc.
Just wanted to get some verification that my Linear methodology is still correct for Flexo.
Also, while we are at it, can anyone point me to some info as to what spectro devices are supported in the Curve 2 software for calibrating to G7 methodology. Looking at getting this software, but have to come up with a budget to do so.
Thanks in Advance for the Help
OK so now I know, the Flexo presses can not accept CIP 3, I get it.
My dilemma is being given the task to finger print the presses. I am trying to go towards the direction that I used for offset, Start out with Linear plates, 1% = 1% 25% =25% 50% = 50% and so on. Then record the data from the print run and calculate the needed dot gain compensation from there. Then applying my curve to new set of plates and verify the new plates with compensation curve.
I am being lead to believe that may not be the case in Flexo. I've read some documentation that says there is perhaps a bump-curve used to compensate for high lights only. The concerns is with the shadows possibly plugging at the 80% dot with Linear plates, etc.
Just wanted to get some verification that my Linear methodology is still correct for Flexo.
Also, while we are at it, can anyone point me to some info as to what spectro devices are supported in the Curve 2 software for calibrating to G7 methodology. Looking at getting this software, but have to come up with a budget to do so.
Thanks in Advance for the Help