Today’s high line count anilox rolls offer increased printing quality. However, they are more fragile and more easily damaged than older aniloxes, and require cleaning systems with a softer touch.

By Kate Sharon

Michael Potter, president of Flexo Wash, agrees, “Just a few years ago there were numerous mediums or technologies that could adequately clean your anilox rolls of low line counts of 200 to 700. Today, flexo printers are changing the composition of their anilox roll inventory to include much higher line screen counts for process printing. Consequently, these higher line screen counts are creating new cleaning issues that printers have not dealt with in the past.”