Product Overview
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Water
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Steel
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Analogue
Benefits
Highest print quality
- High print contrast with an exceptional tonal range
- Brilliant halftone gradations due to very fine halftone dots (< 20 micron)
- Smooth vignettes
- High resolution – up to 10 160 dpi
- Excellent solid density due to brilliant ink transfer
- Very good durability for long print runs
- Reliably reusable for repeat orders
Efficient, reliable and fast plate processing
- Wide exposure latitude combined with high intermediate depths
- Highly productive and cost saving due to plate processing within 25-35 min
- Reduced down times on press due to fast replacement of damaged plates
Suitable equipment
nyloprint® WS plates can be processed with nyloprint® processing equipment and all similar devices. nyloprint® WS Digital plates can be used with all laser systems suitable for imaging letterpress plates.
Printing inks and varnishes
Suitable for UV and oil based inks and varnishes.
Washout medium
For washout only tap water is needed.
Processing information
A detailed description of the individual platemaking steps, as well as detailed information about processing and storing can be found in the nyloprint® User Guide.
High quality standard
XSYS printing plates are produced at Willstätt production site, which is certified according to international standards for quality management (DIN EN ISO 9001:2015), environmental management (DIN EN ISO14001:2015) and energy management (DIN EN ISO 50001:2018).
Specifications
Base Material
steel
Colour of raw plate
red
Total thickness (mm) (inch)
0.83 (0.033")
Plate hardness (Shore D)
76
Relief depth (mm) (inch)
0.56 (0.022")
Tonal range (%) at screen ruling
2 – 95 at 60 l/cm (150 lpi)
Fine line width (down to μm)
100
Isolated dot diameter (down to μm)
200
Distortion factor (mm) (inch)
4.49 (0.177")
Main exposure (min)
1.0 – 5.0
Washout at 30°C / 86° F (min)
1.0 – 3.5
Drying time at 80°C / 176°F (min)
15
Post exposure (min)
2
