Corrugated Printing Plates

Corrugated cartons and board may be printed for all sorts of reasons. It may be for identification (Bar code or Reference), Health and safety issues, Legal requirements, Brand uniformity or General point of sale presentation. There are many ways to print corrugated board or box's. The actual choice of method is dependant on a number of factors.

Print quality required - Visual impact and finish required
Quantity required
Price / Budget
Board grade used

Digital flexo plates are most commonly used when printing on corrugated surfaces. Accu-Graphics provides high quality corrugated printing plates for printing on corrugated surfaces. These corrugated printing plates are economic and highly effective; it is as suitable for fairly small runs as it is for large volumes. It is common to find flexo printed cartons with anything from 1 color up to 4 color printing.

In some cases with other printing plates the image will appear in a sort of washboard effect. The washboard effect is when the shadow of the flute is visible to some degree through the print; with corrugated printing plates this is avoided.

When printing directly on corrugated with printing plates you are not printing onto a solid surface, you are in effect printing on a spongy material. Accu-Graphics corrugated printing plates are unmatched when it comes to printing on these materials.