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Flexo prepress: Colorful automation
As the technology and quality behind flexographic printing climb to ever loftier heights, the plates, platesetters, proofers, sleeves and mounting tapes of the prepress area are keeping pace. The breakthrough products described here (among many others) exemplify the new world of automation and broader color gamuts that are enveloping the flexo scene.

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