Manual labeling is a thing of the past. Are we producing with the right plate?
Print4Matrix© connects conventional printing plates with the digital world
The increasing number of short-run jobs, along with the search and identification of a printing plate using tiny text fields in the scroll bar, is no longer up to date. Manual labeling, the increased use of untrained staff, and outdated practices are a thing of the past: With Print4Matrix, we seamlessly connect conventional printing plate management with the digital world. Our innovative solution offers numerous advantages, as the demand for higher product quality and safety drives the expansion of automation. FlexoMatrix© is the comprehensive technical answer to this transformation, revolutionizing your daily workflow.
Automation in narrow-web packaging printing is advancing and requires close integration of the prepress and press areas. The FlexoMatrix© flexo plate mounting system enables the gradual expansion of automation in printing plants, delivering:
The advantages at a glance for an industrial production standard & more:
Time savings: No more tedious searching for printing plates – every plate is instantly and clearly identifiable, for both humans and machines.
Machine readability: Barcodes and QR codes integrate perfectly into your digital production environment.
Process reliability: Minimize errors, optimize workflows, and increase efficiency in the pressroom.
The technology platform offers a unique, controlled mounting process for your operations.
Durability: Our wipe-resistant labels withstand even the toughest production conditions.
Automation: Print4Matrix is compatible with robotic systems, ensuring maximum efficiency.
With Print4Matrix©, you not only save time and costs but also optimize plate registration across the entire cylinder circumference. This ensures your customers benefit from unparalleled registration presets for the shortest job changeovers in the pressroom.
Security and traceability of your production processes are enhanced as well. Print4Matrix bridges the gap between conventional printing plates and digital organization. Let the future of printing convince you – simple, efficient, and future-proof!
Product description
Print4Matrix© is an innovative solution that seamlessly connects conventional printing plates with the digital world of printing plants, revolutionizing workflows. As part of the FlexoMatrix© workflow, it features a consistent design language, color scheme, and software interface, ensuring a uniform user experience. The product is specifically aimed at narrow-web, medium-format, and large-format flexographic printing plants, as well as printing form manufacturers and service providers.
Print4Matrix© is highly versatile and supports a wide range of printing forms, including flexographic, letterpress, and offset plates. The core of the product is the automatic labeling of the back of printing plates with relevant information such as plate name, job number, and storage location. This data can either be retrieved from existing job management systems or read via the FlexoMatrix code. This eliminates manual labeling, making processes significantly more efficient.
The key advantages of Print4Matrix© are obvious
It saves considerable time by eliminating the tedious search for plates – every plate is immediately and clearly identifiable. Machine-readable barcodes and QR codes integrate perfectly into digital production environments and promote automation, for instance through compatibility with robotic systems. Additionally, it optimizes workflows, minimizes errors, and enhances process reliability. The wipe-resistant labels are durable and withstand even the most demanding production conditions.
In short: Print4Matrix© not only saves time and costs but also elevates product safety, precision, and efficiency of production processes to a new level, making it an indispensable tool for modern printing operations.
Clarity at first glance
The conventional labeling of printing plates with small, often hard-to-read plain text descriptions is time-consuming, error-prone, and inefficient. Employees must manually search and compare, which takes up valuable time and can lead to mistakes.
Print4Matrix© automates automatic plate identification with data integration into the existing job management system. This makes the progress of work preparation transparent, job changeovers in the pressroom more economical, and significantly enhances product safety by reading the existing FlexoMatrix code. The plate is labeled with relevant information within seconds, including barcodes or QR codes. The dangerous mix-up of printing forms is thus a thing of the past. The labeling is machine-readable, long-term stable, and enables process transparency that meets the requirements of industrial production standards and digital management.
The 6-second operation: feed plate - label - remove
Printing plants worldwide have been benefiting for many years from the very fast return on investment, especially with the rising number of short-run jobs. With FlexoMatrix©, your customers gain:
- Plate placement: The printing plate is placed on the Print4Matrix system.
- Automatic identification: The system reads the FlexoMatrix© code or selects a comprehensive system solution for the plate number from an existing job management system and retrieves all relevant information (e.g., plate name, job number, storage location) from the customer database.
- Individual labeling: The back of the plate is labeled with the desired information as part of the step-by-step expansion of your print workflow and can additionally be supplemented with a barcode or QR code.
Save time, save nerves, gain security
Print4Matrix© revolutionizes printing plate handling and management. It saves time by eliminating the tedious search for plain text labels and ensures clear identification, so every plate – even when mounted – is immediately recognizable to all employees. Thanks to machine-readable barcodes and QR codes, the system integrates seamlessly into workflow management and existing databases, boosting efficiency through optimized workflows.
Print4Matrix© enhances process reliability by reducing errors, improving traceability, and promoting safety – supported by a design that withstands even the most demanding production conditions. Additionally, it enables automation, such as in combination with robots, thereby bridging gaps in the production process.