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Screen offers a variety of Screening Technology for every project size and detail

Thursday 12. July 2012 - Under the Advanced Screening Technology offering, Screen features AM Screening for flexo and letterpress printing. AM screening, the form of screening used most commonly in the printing industry today, involves creating halftone dots separated by a fixed distance and arranged in a regular pattern. Varying the size of the halftone dots creates areas of higher and lower color density. AM screening results in a highly consistent color appearance, and is easy to print.

Flexo Dot Hi-Res Hybrid Screening for flexo printing is Screen’s third-generation hybrid screening method. Designed specifically for flexo, letterpress and packaging applications, Flexo Dot applies a reinforcing pattern to the base halftone dot. This results in the creation of more consistent relief patterns in the highlight areas.
Spekta 2 technology is recommended for offset and letterpress printing. Spekta 2 is a next-generation form of hybrid AM/FM screening that is designed to make printing easier. Not only does it solve the problems of moiré and broken lines that sometimes occur when AM screening is used; it also increases the vibrancy of the colors being printed. Spekta 2 makes added-value label printing a reality.
The Multi-Screening option makes it possible to use the optimal type of screening for each object being printed, even if that means mixing different types of screening on a single page. This is particularly useful when printing pages that contain such disparate elements as images, text, keylines, patterned backgrounds, tints, decorative lines, outlined text and gradations.