FIRST (Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances) v5.1
What Is FIRST?
FIRST seeks to understand customers’ graphic requirements for reproduction and translates those aesthetic requirements into specifications for each phase of the flexographic printing process, including: customers, designers, prepress providers, raw material and equipment suppliers, and printers. Its intention is to provide all participants in the flexographic reproduction process with a common set of guidelines, tutorials and data that can be used as communication and production tools.
FIRST is a set of specifications, not standards. When followed, these specifications facilitate producing a predictable, consistent result. The process and specifications supported intend:
- To outline key flexographic procedures and guidelines to be used from the beginning of the process to the end, including the implementation, design, prepress and print processes
- To improve quality and consistency through improved communication and measurement procedures
- To reduce cycle time and minimize rework through improved process control methodology
- To control production costs through streamlined raw materials and process improvement methodology
- To enable consumer product companies (CPCs) to obtain optimal flexographic print quality, which equals or exceeds offset lithography and gravure printing
- To grow the overall flexographic printing industry through increased market share of an expanding market
Info
Print Length: 416 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0989437469
Publisher: Flexographic Technical Association (November 30, 2015)
Publication Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
ASIN: B018STI5QK
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