HD Gravure provides impetus for the major developments in packaging printing – from finer text and shorter print jobs to first-time-right prints, seven-color printing, and efforts to find an alternative to print proofs.

Color brilliance and excellent run stability are just two of the advantages gravure printing has over other printing methods. It also boasts soft vignettes down to 0 percent and ultrafine screens. However, the edge sharpness on lines is less pronounced in gravure printing, as is detail reproduction on fine graphical elements, which can have a detrimental effect not least on the legibility of small text. The print proofs generally required are also very costly.

HD Gravure addresses these issues in a number of ways. Its ideal combination of innovative technologies achieves the kind of results in terms of quality and cost efficiency that previously required a huge amount of time and effort.
HD Gravure improves edge sharpness and the reproduction of fine details. What’s more, narrow engraving tolerances simplify color adjustment in print and deliver superior reproducibility. Certified engraving enhances process reliability in gravure form manufacture. It also reduces the need for print proofs and thus the costs of form manufacture.

Further information on HD Gravure can be found here.

HD Gravure is the perfect combination of proven engraving technology and intelligent algorithms.