Esko to Have Its Largest Presences Ever at drupa 2012

The CDI Spark 2530 with digital Inline UV1 and the CDI Spark 4835 Auto with digital Inline UV2 will be on display next to the Digital Flexo Suite optimizing the flexo plate making process. The CDI Spark 4835 Auto, equipped with a digital UV back-exposure is one of the highlights on the Esko booth. This innovative flexo plate imager integrates digital back exposure, automated loading, imaging, digital main exposure and off-loading to the processing unit. Flexo plate imaging by a single click on a button will put a smile on many faces.

Visitors to the stand will learn about Esko’s HD Flexo technology first-hand through an array of astonishing high quality print flexo samples from all over the world. Esko continues on its path of HD Flexo innovation with the introduction of HD Flexo Pixel+ technology. Pixel+ is an optical, electronic and screening enhancement for HD Flexo imaging to support flat top dots creation for different plate vendor flat top dots offerings like DigiCorr, DigiFlow, Lux and Next. It leads to a substantial increase in solid ink density.

Loyal to its role of innovator, Esko will preview the next generation of HD Flexo plate imaging technology at drupa 2012. In the quest for quality, the combination of smooth highlight printing and gravure-like solid ink densities for flexible packaging has remained a difficult combination. With digital main exposure built into the CDI imager (Inline UV2) in combination with innovative imaging and screening technology, Esko is now able to control the shape of different dot structures in one single plate. The result will be a superior flexo plate suitable for the highlight ànd the shadow or solid areas of a print job.

Esko will also highlight its Digital Finishing solutions at drupa. With four Kongsberg configurations on the stand, Esko will be showing the wide range of digital finishing applications in packaging, display and sign making. Live application demos using a wide range of materials will be run on each of the tables, including the fully automated XP44 Auto. Esko’s integrated software solutions for structural design—ArtiosCAD and digital finishing workflow - i-cut Suite—will be presented as well.

The Digital Finishing highlight of the event will be the new Kongsberg XN: a highly versatile and productive digital finishing table that can be configured easily for the widest range of different applications: from kiss-cutting to packaging mockups to heavy-duty milling. This new table comes equipped with the impressive High Power Milling Spindle—boosting overall milling productivity. Read the Digital Finishing pr for more details .

Esko’s subsidiary Enfocus will feature a series of demo stations on the Esko stand, reflecting new brand identity and featuring its portfolio of software solutions, including the new Enfocus Switch 11 and Enfocus PitStop 11.

Ask Esko’s Experts
More than 30 application and technology experts will be staffing the Esko booth, well prepared to provide advice and explain the possibilities offered by Esko solutions. For visitors with more specific questions, Esko’s technical gurus will be available at the Genius Bar to answer questions about color, workflow and MIS integration, packaging design, prepress and imaging technology. Meetings, demonstrations and expert slots can be booked in advance of the show on www.esko.com/drupa.

“Professional visitors from all over the world looking for solutions in packaging, workflow automation and integration, digital flexo or digital finishing should make our stand their destination of choice,” concludes Knudsen. “At drupa, our entire focus is on presenting innovative solutions in a manner that explicitly demonstrates the added value to the individual visitor’s business needs.