FQC/SWG Updates: A Recap of Forum & Looking to the Future

The Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) Executive Committee would like to extend its thanks to all Forum 2016 attendees who came to the FQC preconference session and the main FQC session. Both were well attended and delivered important information. Session Summaries The preconference session, Corral the Process and Ride the Workflow, took us from color definition … Continued

FQC/SWG Updates: Upcoming at Forum & Ongoing Around the World

Sessions are scheduled. Hotels are booked. Bags are packed. It’s time for Forum! This year’s iteration is ready to go, with the Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) participating in two events: The first is the very popular preconference session. Dr. Sam Ingram, Jean Jackson and Steve Smiley are putting together a hands on program that is … Continued

FQC/SWG Updates: The Groups Wrap Up 2015 & Look Toward Next Year

This quarter, the Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) Executive Committee worked toward the initiation of new projects. During the FQC Pre Conference Session at Forum 2015 we brainstormed with attendees on topics of interest. After initial shyness, Jean Jackson and Dr. Sam Ingram got the crowd on board and we received a great response! The Executive … Continued

FQC/SWG Updates: A Look at Summer 2015 and What’s Next

The summer of 2015 has not been very active for the Standards Working Group (SWG) and the July meeting was canceled as it overlapped with the Forum 2015 planning meeting. The ISO TC 130 held its spring meeting in mid-May in Bologna, Italy.  Working Group 1 – Terminology Continues to work on and further expand the … Continued

Measuring Anilox Volume: FQC’s Gauge R&R Study

In measuring anilox volume, questions inevitably arise about how repeatable and reliable instruments really are because of the sheer number of methods available. A Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) committee was formed to explore that question. Statistics contained in this report were analyzed and compiled by Professor Tim Claypole, MBE, of Swansea University. Kern Cox, lecturer, … Continued

Expanded Color Gamut Primaries: The FQC EG Project

Traditional flexography has been applied mainly to packaging printing. In this application, the printing process incorporates both standard 4-color process color printing for images and special spot color printing for brand identities, logos and graphics. With the advent and wide spread use of digital color management, it has become possible to extend process printing beyond … Continued