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The usual, classic letterpress plates much more efficient

Letterpress plates are water washable and they are suitable for letterpress printing, adhesive tapes with MEK inks and UV flexo.

They are available in analogue (you process with negative film) and digital (black mask to be processed through a CTP machine)

On compact or in line equipments, you expose the plate to UVA lamps, you wash and dry the plate. Plates are ready in few minutes and they can be used several times for reprints.

letterpress photopolymers

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Discover in the video how the VT machine operates for the typographic printing plate process:

Full configuration

Compact machine for photopolymer plates processing with all eletronic controls.

Automatic opening at the end of washing cycle

You can avoid remaking of the same plates The machine opens at the end of wash-out

Automatic regulation of thicknesses

If you use different thicknesses, this option is perfect for your plate production

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Discover the advantages in production

Fast processing with water

You can process our letterpress plates with water with no need of hard brushes. You can produce with tap water. After few minutes the plates are ready… and you can print!

excellent flexibility

The elasticity of the plates, combined with the special Elaflex component, allows them to wrap perfectly around the cylinder without lifting during printing.
It is also ideal for cylinders with particularly small diameters, helping operators during mounting.

UV inks
and metiletylchetone inks

Our letterpress plates print with UV inks and they resist to metyletilchetone.

Excellent definition

You do not loose fine lines, negative texts and thin lines Perfect also for embossing.

Long durability

Our formulation makes the letterpress plates ideal for long runs. Paired with a high-quality double-sided adhesive, the plates help reduce dot gain, achieve finer details, and print higher quality images.

Simple processing

Processing at room temperature avoids annoying residues on the immersed resistances of old generation processors.
In the analogue version, the plates are compatible with the main films favoring the critical vacuum phase.

How to use the machine

It's very easy !

Exposure

Once the image has been created using CTP or on film, the plates must be exposed using UVA lamps for a few minutes.

wash-out

Once the exposure is finished, the plates must be washed with water for a few minutes and the relief image will be created.

Drying

After washing, the plates will be placed in the oven to harden the image on the surface.

Post-exposure

After drying, a brief post-exposure stabilizes the plate, and you can go straight to printing!

Applications

Perfect for any letterpress application

film and steel based letterpress plates

Rotary Labels
UV flexo labels
Spot Varnishing
Dry Offset
Adhesive tapes
Embossing
Pad Printing
Business forms

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IN HOUSE PRODUCTION

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Processors with full configuration with all electronic controls

VT equipment warrants a fast production with all electronic controls and Easy Maintenance system. Automatic thickness adjustment, stainless steel structure and automatic opening at the end of work are the added value of our systems designed to speed up the work of the operators and guarantee results.

Available in compact or inline version

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★★★★★ 5/5

“Before switching to your plates, I was working with another polymer that had good print performance, but to get a decent plate I had to make 5 or 6 because the plates weren’t consistent. Your plates are excellent quality and at the same time much more forgiving, which means a lot for us in production. With competing plates, even 5 seconds of overexposure means they have to be thrown away, and this makes everything more complicated for those like us who, besides making plates, also have to run the printing press.”

★★★★★ 5/5

“I’ve been using your plates for quite some time now.” “In printing I get the results I want and I’m able to produce significant print runs.” “We are able to produce about 3,500–5,000 printed rolls.
We store the plates perfectly: they must be thoroughly cleaned, dried, and stored properly. This definitely helps to keep the plates’ performance at its best!”

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F.A.Q.

Can I use tap water to produce your plates ?

Of course, to produce the letterpress plates you can insert simple tap water into the washing tank.

If I don't want to use negative film, how can i process the plates?

If you don’t want to use the old imaging units, there are Computer-To-Plate systems that allow you to recreate the image directly on the digital plate with a laser.

If you don’t need screens and high quality, you can choose BlackMat plotter printer and thus produce the specific films for the printing plate

Are there special requirements to install VT machines?

No, you only need electrical and water connections For some options, you need compressed air.

I'd like to produce plates by myself. Is it so difficult?

If you want to produce your plate but you have no experience, we can support you. We help you to select the right processor according to your production, we take care of your training and the continous education of your team

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