Mark Andy - Extended Color Gamut Print

Flexo Print: CMYK+OVG
Digital Print: CMYK+OV + Spot Green

The Esko CDI Crystal XPS ensures precise, consistent plate imaging with simultaneous back and front LED exposure, while Print Control Wizard leverages various critical print parameters and variables to optimize crystal screening for vibrant, accurate and repeatable print quality. Equinox extended color gamut printing provides a broader range of colors with a fixed ink set, increasing the visual quality of prints while reducing waste and improving efficiency in the printing process.

Used Printing Technologies

Printing Press

Mark Andy Evolution E5

Ink

Siegwerk Dual Cure UV curable, CMYKOVG

Imaging

Esko CDI Crystal

Cold Foil

Kurz Alufin KPW Slim

Flexi Die

Wink Super Cut

Plates

DuPont LSH 045

Substrate

UPM Raflatac, PP Solid White, FTC 50, RP37, HD-FSC

Exposure

Esko XPS Crystal

Screening

Esko Crystal V C, 220lpi circular

Color Separation

Esko Equinox

Anilox

CMK: Cheshire Hexagon 520 L/cm / 3,5 cm³/m²
Y: Cheshire Hexagon 520 L/cm / 3,0 cm³/m²
O: Cheshire Hexagon 380 L/cm / 5,0 cm³/m²
VG: Cheshire Hexagon 300 L/cm / 6,0cm³/m²

Tape

Tesa Flex- Red

Tooling

Rotometrics a Maxcess brand

Highlights

All conversions and separations were done with Esko Equinox, staying well within the industry standard of Delta E <2:

Purple: 0,23 – 0,97
Green: 1,02 – 1.32
Orange: 1,40 – 1,52

Aside from converting this job into an CMYKOVG job for flexo printing, we also converted the job into a digital print for the Mark Andy Inkjet Digital Series HD. This to show that colors can be perfectly matched with different printing processes.