Fujifilm North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division
introduces Clarity, the latest industry-changing technology expressly developed
for flexo printers. Clarity Water Washable Flexo Plates provide the highest
flexo print quality at the fastest production times, while significantly
lowering cost-in-use compared to thermal, solvent or other water-wash
technology.
Brady Corporation, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based
identification solutions manufacturer transitioned to Clarity water washable
flexo plates in 2013 after running extensive plate trials.
“We are always looking for ways to improve our productivity
and efficiency in order to best serve our customers, and after representatives
from Fujifilm visited us and installed the new Clarity plates, we received a
lot of positive feedback from our press operators who were impressed with the
quality, fast production time, durability and ease of clean-up,” said Theresa
Narveson, manufacturing engineer, Brady Corporation.
Clarity, which is compatible with Brady’s current CTP
imaging equipment, reduces platemaking processing time to less than 40 minutes,
300 percent faster than leading solvent systems and 1.5 times faster than
current thermal and water technologies. Faster plate making means more time on
press and a dramatic increase in output per shift, while freeing printers to
redeploy labor costs to more value-added activities.
Clarity’s innovative water wash chemistry does far more than
simply eliminate the need for solvents and wicking cloths – it delivers longer
runs while producing a consistent 200 lpi at 4,400 dpi, 1 percent process dot
structure for print quality never before seen with flexo plates.
“With Clarity, we are able to reduce our processing time and
use the plates longer than our previous plates,” added Narveson. “Our print quality is improved and our
productivity is up. It’s a winning
combination that enables us to better serve our customers,” she concluded.
