We discussed how advancing plate technologies play crucial narrow web role with flexible packaging professional Ryan Vest, Global Director of Innovation for MacDermid Graphics Solutions.

Vest: Photopolymer plates with inherently flat-top dot technology are an ideal solution for narrow web flexographic printers/converters focused on quality and productivity. Building flat-top dots directly into the plate combines the best of both worlds — the consistent, robust print performance of the flat-top dot shape, and the efficient workflow and fine imaging capability of the digital plate. Narrow web printing provides significant advantages to today’s converters, including: