Flexo Printing Solutions for Better Plates, Prepress & Print Quality

Esko helps flexo printers, trade shops, and packaging converters improve flexo print quality with prepress software, plate imaging, screening, color, and workflow automation.

Explore flexo prepress solutions

Create more consistent flexo plates
Reduce rework between prepress and plate production
Improve packaging print quality with connected tools
Support CDI, XPS, HD Flexo, and production-ready workflows

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Esko is a global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions that accelerate the go-to-market process of packaged goods.

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Why is this worth my time

If you run a flexo plate room today, the highest-leverage improvements aren't on the press, they're upstream. Modernizing the imager:

• Reduces operator time and manual plate work
• Stabilizes plate quality run-to-run
• Cuts solvent use (and gets you ahead of PPWR)
• Lets your existing presses produce work you currently send to gravure

The free audit tells you exactly how much of that applies to your operation.

Flexo plate making and imaging

Most flexo plate rooms are running on imaging tech that's a generation behind. The Esko CDIs close that gap on three fronts at once:

• Sharper dot structure — HD and Full HD surface screening produce flatter dot tops, cleaner highlights that fade to zero, and gravure-comparable solids.
• 4000 dpi imaging precision — places dots accurately enough that flexible packaging and label converters routinely win work back from gravure and offset.
• Inline UV exposure (XPS) — cures every plate identically. No more plate-to-plate drift, no more press bounce from inconsistent relief.

Same press, same ink, same substrate. Different plate. Visibly different result.

Up to 20% ink savings, measured

Better screening lets you run lower-volume aniloxes without losing density or color strength. Converters running CDI with HD or Full HD screening typically see:

• 15–20% reduction in ink consumption
• Plate waste cut from ~25% down to ~6%
• Faster makeready and shorter changeovers
• Tighter color match across runs (more PANTONE® hits without ink swaps)

The ink savings alone often pay for the imager.