Intro to Flexo: Wide Web Emphasis
Workshop Overview
An adaptation of the Intro to Flexo workshop, this class is geared towards individuals needing fundamental knowledge of the flexographic printing process and who are interested in wide-web printing. The class mixes hands-on training and formal instruction in a flexo printing environment and is limited to 20 students.
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Who should attend?
- Those new to the industry or those needing a refresher on flexographic concepts and components.
- Suppliers and manufacturers
- Sales and customer service
- Plant management and supervisors
- Quality Assurance and training staff
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Learning Outcomes
- Gain a foundational understanding of concepts needed to go from design planning to the final printed and converted product.
- Learn terminology to better communicate professionally with customers, suppliers and staff.
- Understand the influence of all components of flexographic production and prepress decisions.
- Learn best practices at each step of the image reproduction process and in modern digital workflows.
- Understand influences on color reproduction and color communication.
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Benefits
- Formalized training in an educational environment by professional instructors at the BOBST Competence Center near Atlanta.
- Hands-on teaching for each step of the process.
- Immediate implementation of knowledge back at your facility.
- Great beginner course to expose each participant to the complete flexographic process.
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Agenda
Location: Bobst Competence Center
Day 1
8 a.m. - Program overview and introductions
8:30 a.m. - Presentation overview of major printing processes: Litho, Gravure, Screen, Digital, Letterpress and Flexo: Compare and Contrast
9:30 a.m. - Presentation Inks, Anilox and Doctor Blades: Ink types and properties, role of the anilox, anilox specifications, and doctor blade configurations
10:30 a.m. - Hands-on Print Banded Anilox Press Run (plates pre-made): Plate mounting, ink preparation, anilox selection and pressmanship.
11:30 a.m. - Lunch
12:30 p.m. - Presentation Image Reproduction: File construction, halftone theory, image terminology
1:15 p.m. - Presentation: Density and tone value: Learn how density and tone value are measured.
1:30 p.m. - Hands-on evaluation of Banded Test: Measure effect of LPI and anilox volume on color strength and dot gain.
2:45 p.m. - Break
3 p.m. - Demo/Hands-On/Presentation Technical Prepress for Flexo: ;Prepare 2-color design files for printing.
3:30 p.m. - Demo RIP and Output: Setup master file for plate output. Discuss RIP parameters.
4 p.m. - Hands-on 2-Color Press Run on BOBST Vision CI press: Set-up, ink preparation, setting print impression, registration color-to-color, press clean up and measurement.
6 p.m. - End of Day 1
Day 2
8 a.m. - Presentation Flexographic Platemaking: Various workflows for making a flexographic printing plate
9 a.m. - Hands-on 4-Color design and prepress: Design, RIP, get plates started.
10:30 a.m. - Presentation color measurement and comparison: Measuring and defining color with Lab, comparing color with Delta E.
11 a.m. - Hands-on color measurement and comparison: Measure and compare color with a spectrophotometer.
11:30 a.m. - Lunch
12:30 p.m. - Presentation Press Optimization and Characterization: Creating optimized print conditions and conducting a press characterization.
1:15 p.m. - Hands-on Platemaking and Mounting: Finish plates and mount to sleeves.
2:15 p.m. - Hands-on 4-Color Process Press Run on OMET: Print CMYK job on press, color control for process printing.
3:45 p.m. - Hands-on Flexo Print Defects: Examine and discuss common print defects.
4:30 p.m. - Recap and Questions
5 p.m. - End of Workshop
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Cancellation Policy
21 days prior to event date for 100% refund; 14 days prior to event date for 50% refund; no refund will be given less than 14 days. Email us for more information.
