We have installed inline plate manufacturing equipment giving us the ability to manufacture plates quickly and efficiently reducing costs. Graphics 2 offers a variety of plate formats including the light weight Extreme plate, traditional background plate, sheet photopolymer, and rubber. Each of these is produced to industry tolerances ensuring the best printing results. Our plate makers have the ability to analyze each job and manufacture plates that best meet each printer’s requirements.
EXAMPLE OF EXTREME PLATE
Our graphic design department is equiped with Macintosh G5 Power Computers running on Apples latest OS. We also take full advantage of Adobe's Premium Creative Suite allowing us to bring the customer the best graphics availble in the market.
Each artist has their own proofing devises allowing them to proof quickly instead of entering a backlogged printer queue which causes delays. They also output their own film which forces a complete understanding of the art as it relates to final plates and print.
Our pre-press proofing formats will allow you to be sure you are satisfied with your project before it goes to press. You may view your proofs as a “print card”, miniature color proofs of the complete layout. These are accomplished through the various laser printers, color printers, color copiers, and our large format HP Designjet 5500 plotter which outputs up to 60” wide.
For our corrugated customers we utilize a variety of Opti-Chek mounter proofers that provide accurately mounted plates with in calibration proofs. Proper mounting of printing plates, on the correct size cylinders, will help to achieve the highest quality print job, and extend the life of the printing plates. We have three 115" Opti-Chek machines with interchangeable cylinders.
We also offer flat mounting for those customers that prefer this method. Our mounters have the experience to provide products that increase your press efficiencies and effectiveness.
38 inch • 50 inch • 66 inch
2.) When shipping plates... Freight + Weight = $$$
3.) Lighter weight plates allow for press to run faster, which increase's your production per shift.
4.) Extreme plates are less space by weight and volume = more storage and less stress on your rack.
5.) The physical labor on the press operator is cut in half.
As a demonstration to support our facts on plate weight we ran two identical jobs.
( JOB A. ) = 14.5 lbs.
( JOB B. ) = 6.25 lbs.
Difference = 8.25 lbs.
