How to Prepare Packaging Files for Flexographic Printing
Flexographic files require production-aware color, plates, dielines, traps, barcode placement, and proofing.
The problem, framed.
Flexo rewards artwork that respects the press. Files prepared for digital printing often need rework before plates are made — and finding that out after plate quotes is the expensive way.
What's actually going on.
Flexographic printing transfers ink from flexible relief plates, which makes it sensitive to fine details digital shrugs off: minimum line weights and type sizes, trap and registration allowances between colors, dot-gain compensation in gradients, and careful spot-color separation since each color is a physical plate. Screen ruling and plate technology set the limits; the file has to live inside them.
How to decide.
Common mistakes.
Your checklist.
The more of this you send, the faster and sharper your quote comes back.
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Microflex can review your product type, fill weight, barrier concerns, format options, artwork status, quantity, SKU count, and timeline to help identify a practical packaging direction.