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A prepress supplier to the flexographic printing industry has added the Esko CDI Spark 4260 to its range of solutions.

Based in Melbourne, David Simpson Graphics (DSG) is now using the CDI 4260 for high-definition flexo
platemaking.

“We have an Esko workflow and we see the Spark CDI as the industry standard,” Steve Barron, general manager at DSG, says.

“It allows us to make high definition plates on any material and in-house. We're not locked into one brand of plate.”

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Above: Wendy Simpson and Steve Barron with the Esko CDI Spark 4260.

DSG's prepress solutions include HD Flexo plates for wide web and label; specialised plate mounters for corrugated plate mounting; Epson digital proofing systems; and screen print film and thermal imaged film; dry offset plates; varnish plates for offset and for letterpress platemaking; and conventional flexo plates for corrugated printing.

The CDI Spark 4260 is positioned in the flexible packaging and folding carton markets, with inroads also in corrugated.

It will help DSG better service high-end label printers around Australia.

DSG is part of the Flexographic Association, which has combined with LATMA.

Esko is a global supplier of integrated solutions for the packaging, labels, sign, and display industries.

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