Blog categorized as Tips & How-To’s

Explore how anilox technology has evolved from chrome to ceramic, with higher hardness, longer life, and lower costs, plus an overview of ceramic hardness testing and its role in ensuring durable, high-performing rollers.

Guide to performing your own anilox audits by cleaning rolls, inspecting engravings and damage, and using replica impressions to measure wear so you can track roller condition, plan maintenance, and reduce print defects and downtime.

Guide to doctor blades in flexographic printing, covering how blade types, tip designs, materials, pressure, and thickness affect ink metering, wear, and print quality—plus best practices for protecting anilox rollers and replacing blades after each job.

Q&A guide to banded anilox rollers—what they are, how to spec engravings and volumes for fingerprinting and four-color work, when one test roller is enough, and how CTS supplies banded rolls to dial in densities before full production.