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Our AFP™ family of products includes the following plates: the AFP™-R, a solvent washable plate with a reduced environmental impact and improved pre-press and press productivity; the AFP™-BFTK, a CleanPrint out-of-the-box FlatTop and high-quality solvent-wash plate that improves ink laydown on wide web flexible packaging film, paper and label substrates; the AFP™-Leggero for kiss touch pressure on corrugated transport boxes; the AFP™-TOP premium hard CleanPrint plates delivering dots to dye for; the AFP™-TSP, the perfect plate for sticky inks; and much more.
Short wash’n’dry. Less Swell.
Reducing the Environmental Impact
AFP™-R is a solvent washable plate with a reduced environmental impact and improved pre-press and press productivity. This is another milestone in our sustainability journey, reinforcing our dedication to continuously improving product development in balance with the environment. The first plate is a hard flexo plate for high quality flexible packaging, label and paper applications, featuring several improvements when compared to a standard solvent wash plate.
Consistency for the long run.
First FlatTop out of the box incl. CleanPrint
The AFP™-NFT plates are high-quality solvent wash FlatTop plate solutions with best in class printing press consistency. They improve the ink laydown on wide web flexible packaging film, paper and label substrate in combination with solid screening patterns and keeping high light dots at perfect quality. At the same time due to their CleanPrint technology they keep printing quality very consistent without any plate cleaning needed, using Solvent, Water, UV and EB based ink systems.
Just Kiss. No Crush.
Excellent ink coverage with reduced flute marks
The Asahi super-soft AFP™-Leggero CleanPrint plates have been specifically designed for printing with a minimal Kiss touch pressure on corrugated transport boxes, delivering minimal washboarding and good ink coverage for the utmost in quality while eliminating board crush to better protect the packaged goods.
Dots to dye for
Premium hard digital flexo plate
This hard premium digital flexo CleanPrint plate delivers a broad colour gamut and soft tonal shades fading out to zero. Kiss-touch printing pressure facilitates repeatable print quality and fewer cleaning press stops. Compatible with high definition screening and microcell patterning technologies.
Clean. Multi-use. Non-Sticky
The perfect plate for sticky inks
There are many new ink formulations developed for a variety of print applications such as pet food using PU type (solvent) inks, water-based lamination inks and others. The AFP™-TSP plate is a versatile plate with CleanPrint technology and excellent properties to stay clean during the run on most substrates in flexo printing.
AFP™-TSP is the perfect plate solution for most sticky ink formulations allowing fewer press cleaning stops and consistent print quality.
Don´t stick with what you have, stick with AFP™-TSP.
Fine Dots. No Gain
For exceptional corrugated board image performance with CleanPrint
The AFP™-TPC and the analogue AFP™-APC plates are developed for the high-quality corrugated board display and signage printing market where image quality matters. On double flute coated liner board, the plate delivers with its CleanPrint technology exceptional image printing performance with minimal dot gain flute marking.
To switch to AFP™-APC/-TPC results in eye-catching print quality for “shelf ready” packaging with rich graphical content.
Short Wash’n’dry. Less Swell.
Reducing the Environmental impact
The Asahi Eco Plate (AFP™-R) is a solvent washable plate with a reduced environmental impact and improved pre-press and
press productivity. This is another milestone in our
sustainability journey, reinforcing our dedication
to continuously improving product development in
balance with the environment. The first plate is a
hard flexo plate for high quality flexible packaging,
label and paper applications, featuring several
improvements when compared to a standard solvent
wash plate.
Medium hard plate available for analog and digital
The AFP™-SF/DSF is Asahi’s medium hard plate that elevates printing results to a new level of quality. It is designed for good highlights combined with excellent ink transfer onto all substrates. Its optimized balance of solid ink laydown and highlight dot printing produces incomparably good ink coverage with low dot gain in the mid tones and brilliant highlights at maximum printing speeds, with particular suitability for flexible packaging printing on film and paper with solvent or water based inks.
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Medium hard plate available in analog and digital
Asahi‘s AFP™-SH/DSH is a hard flexo plate available in analogue and digital versions for excellent printing quality and high durability. Its improved mechanical stability and excellent ink transfer behaviour in combination with low highlight dot gain makes the SH/DSH plate of choice for quality printers. The AFP™-SH/DSH plate is primarily used in printing flexible packaging and labels but is also excellent for complex jobs where its quality and durability make the difference.
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Varnishing Plate for Superior Coating Quality
The AFP™-VSP plate is a new varnishing plate from Asahi Photoproducts specifically designed for the offset printing and spot coating market. The demand for higher quality packaging that attracts attention on the shelf is driving increased interest in superior finishing techniques, including spot varnish to make images pop. Most offset presses used in packaging printing are equipped with a flexo coating station for metallic and spot varnish inks. The AFP™-VSP plate is the ideal solution for generating even higher quality output from these configurations.
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Solid Photopolymer – Soft type plate available in analogue and digital
The AFP™-SE/DSE flexo plate meets the most demanding criteria of quality in printing corrugated board, solid board and heavy-duty bags. Its ideal shore hardness and resilience characteristics compensate for the surface unevenness of the substrate. Its dimensionally stable polyester base sheet adds to its ability to achieve very high quality, while the wide exposure latitude of the AFP™-SE/DSE plate ensures that image elements like tones and isolated lines are optimally anchored even with a relief depth of 3 mm.
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AFP™-R is a solvent washable plate with a reduced environmental impact and improved pre-press and press productivity
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