Work out sleeve radius, print repeat and the distortion factor from your plate thickness data.
The Repeat Calculator does the maths behind a flexo cylinder: sleeve radius, print repeat and the distortion factor, from your plate thickness and repeat data. A flexo plate wraps around a cylinder, so the print surface stretches as it bends and everything grows in the print direction, get the factor wrong and a 100 mm repeat prints at 103 mm and nothing fits. This tool gives you the numbers up front, in the browser, yours to try for 7 days with no card, so you stop guessing and find out at the desk instead of on press.
Give it plate thickness and repeat details.
Get sleeve radius, repeat and distortion factor.
Distort artwork to the right factor before plating.
Sleeve radius, print repeat and the distortion factor from your plate data.
The plate stretches as it wraps the cylinder, so artwork is shrunk in the print direction to print to size.
Start with a 7 day trial, full access, no card needed. After that it is Pro R899 a month, Studio R2,499 a month or Enterprise from R7,499 a month; see the pricing page for details.
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