Quartz Excellence in Flexible Packaging - High Ink Transfer + Perfect Highlights

This flexible packaging sample showcases the advanced CDI Crystal Quartz Imaging and Crystal VQ Screening technologies, achieving a seamless combination of high-ink-transfer with light and neutral design areas printed entirely in CMYK-W and mixed step and repeat.

Used Printing Technologies

Printing Press

Allstein Genesis

Ink

Flint NC

Imaging

CDI Crystal Quartz

Color Target

Fogra 51

Plates

DuPont ESXR 1,14mm

Substrate

Reverse on PET12µ laminated offline to PE 40µ

Exposure

Esko XPS Crystal

Calibration

Print Control Wizard

Anilox

CMYK – 440 L/cm / 3,5 g/m²
White – 280 L/cm / 8,0 g/m²

Tape

Lohmann 5.2 (White = Lohmann 5.3)

Screening

CMYK – Crystal VQ 12-9 / C16-9
White – VossRS (White Screen, in development)

Lineature

175 LPI

Highlights

Q-Cells and Crystal-Screening allow for high ink transfer, producing rich, saturated prints with bright highlights and smooth gradients. This results in an impressive dynamic range and gravure-like image quality, achieved using only CMYK.