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Danon House,
5 Kings Road,
Bradford,
BD2 1EY,
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Picocolour

A versatile, small footprint label printing system offering superb printed results at a competitive price. PicoColour is suitable for short and long run jobs and offers all the benefits of digital printing for today’s demanding production environment − no minimum quantity, no waste turnaround.

Picojet

The latest innovation developed by Dantex’s Advance Engineering Team. Working at 350mm width and at 75m/min (250ft/min), PicoJet incorporates 1200dpi at 2.5pl dot size. It is ideally placed for high quality and long run lengths. PicoJet is a 7-colour printing system, which can be custom configured to offer wide colour gamut printing

Rapidoflex

Efficient press performance and long life
Very fast plate making time - fastest UV flexo plate processing on the market
Excellent archival properties
Low energy costs
Up to 150lpi (Analogue)
Up to 200lpi (Digital)

Aquaflex

High quality, cost-effective processing
For use with UV Flexo, alcohol/ester & Co-solvent inks
Analogue & Digital formats
Fastest UV Flexo processing on the market
Fine resolution
Fast, clean processing
Long run capability
Up to 150lpi (Analogue)
Up to 175lpi (Digital)

Varnica

The Varnica flexo plate is suitable for all coating applications and is ideal for spot varnishing. This material is superb quality and can be supplied in conjunction with a Dry Film System, which means you not only benefit from solvent-free plate processing, but there is also no need for an imagesetter.
Varnica also benefits from Dantex’s high speed, cost-effective processing. It has long run capabilities and eliminates the need for strippable blankets.
Using the Dantex Dry Film System, Vanica plates can be processed and press ready in around 15 minutes.

Torelief

Analogue & Digital formats
High resolution
Sharp and accurate print results
Fast, clean processing
Range of processing equipment available
Efficient press performance and long life
Up to 150lpi (Analogue)
Up to 200lpi (Digital)

ESKO Spark 1712

HD Flexo option for the finest print quality in flexo
The smallest of the Spark family, the 1712 is a small footprint, cost-effective flexo plate and film imager specifically for narrow web tag and label printers.

ESKO Spark 2420

High quality flexo and a wider diversity of printing applications
The Spark 2420 is designed to image plate sizes up to 609 mm x 508 mm (24“ by 20“) and also handle a wider range of plate materials. These include digital flexo plates, chemistry-free film, digital foil-based letterpress plates, digital metal-based letterpress plates and digital silk screens.

ESKO Spark 2120

ESKO Spark 2530

ESKO Spark 4835

ESKO Crystal 4835

The Esko Crystal 4835 lays the groundwork for full integration and automation of plate imaging and UV exposure. The 4835 is the basis for an impressive reduction of complexity in the plate room. It also produces the highest plate quality standard − based on HD Flexo and Full HD Flexo.

AQF Inline Processors

Our AQF range of automatic inline processing systems, built for use with Torelief and Aquaflex plates, use water wash technology and waste water filtration. They have been developed to fully comply with the latest environmental legislation.
Dantex AQF automatic processing ensures our plates enjoy the fastest wash times in the world today.

AQF Plate Processors

The Dantex AQF Processors are specifically intended for processing and drying solid sheet photopolymer printing plates and has been designed to provide exceptional plate quality, combined with minimal maintenance. It is robustly constructed and provides reliable & consistent operation day after day.

DigiWash

The DigiWash System has a dual-action wash, which gives far superior cleaning results. After main exposure, the raw plate is placed on a sticky plate holder and is introduced into the processor. The plate carriage is able to move both backwards and forwards through the wash section; initially, the carriage moves at the same time as the orbital brush action making for a quicker wash. At the end of a pre-determined cycle, the plate is transported back to the unload position and passes under a rotary brush, which removes any remaining debris, then a sponge roller removes any surface water.

AQF - Exposure Units

Our Aquaflex exposure units have been designed and built for use with Torelief, Rapidoflex and Aquaflex plates. They are manufactured in two sizes and allow for plate production of up to 900mm x 1200mm.

AQF Combination Processors

Our Aquaflex Combination units have been designed and built for use with Torelief, Rapido flex, and Aquaflex plates. They are manufactured in two sizes and allow for plate production of up to 500mm x 700mm

Sleeve Systems

Carrier Sleeves give greater productivity and flexibility by using pre-mounted plates for quick changeovers. These are very effective for short-runs, repeat jobs and design alterations since the sleeves can be taken off press and stored with the plates mounted on the sleeves. Sleeves that serve solely as carrier rolls have imaged plates mounted to sleeves offline, which are then installed onto cylinders at the print station using compressed air to expand the sleeves for positioning.

Hard Printing Sleeves

Thickness: 0.6-1.6 mm
Construction: One-layer
Surface: Ground or not ground polyester
Finishing: Cut notch

ThermaFlo − 60 degree

ThermaFlo is a 60° multi-hit honeycomb cell engraving. Its smoother, more consistent cell wall geometry offers better uniformity and accurate ink metering capabilities. It also allows for better resistance to scoring and wearing, which helps to achieve a longer life for your anilox.
ThermaFlo is all about giving you better control and consistency; this has become essential for the printing of highly detailed graphics, especially within the flexible packaging and narrow web markets.

EFlo UV − 75 degree

EFlo UV is Pamarco’s latest anilox cell engraving and has so far proven to deliver outstanding ink transfer capabilities for the most demanding of applications, especially within the narrow web and label markets. Like EFlo, EFlo UV has a 75°angle; however, what differentiates EFlo UV from the other standard cell technologies we offer is its channel-linked cell geometry. The precision channel between the cells helps to eliminate the build-up of pressure within the ink when doctored, which can generate ink spitting.

Plate Mounting Tapes

Dantex supplies foam and solid mounting tape ranges from Scapa and Orafol. You can read about our tape ranges below.

SCAPA Tapes

Exafit® 43201HP is a double-sided foam tape specially designed for flexographic plate mounting. It is based on a speciality acrylic adhesive on its open side (cylinder side) and a graphic grade acrylic adhesive on its closed side (clichés side). Exafit® 43201HP is reinforced with a polyester film and uses a transparent smooth siliconised embossed PP release liner.

ORAFOL Tapes

Double-sided filmic tape for photopolymer or rubber plate mounting on compressible sleeves, print cylinders or mounting films for flexography, letterpress and label printing.

Star Plate

Star Plate is a digital imaging solution designed for direct inkjet to film, with the ability to produce high quality halftone screening.

About us

Leading letterpress and flexo plate distributor, Dantex Graphics has been serving the needs of the packaging industry for more than 40 years. Located in Bradford, UK and subsidiary companies in Germany and France as well as sales offices in Austria, Holland, Poland and the USA, Dantex Graphics is ideally placed to offer a complete network of fully trained professionals across 30 countries all providing after sales service, technical and engineering support.

As a largest specialist in letterpresses and flexo plates we offer a range of solutions including water wash photopolymer plates and process equipment that offer excellent resolution and superbly printed results. Our flexographic printing solutions also include

Photopolymer plates
Plate process
Digital printing solutions
Pressroom solutions
Flexographic plates
EskoArtwork plate setter
Water wash plates
Proofing solftware
FlexoCAM

Our experienced teams are all fully trained and knowledgeable within the printing and packaging field and have a reputation for understanding customer requirements and providing a tailored solution. Dantex Graphics has a hands-on approach to customer service and this is fully supported by after installation care programmes tailored to the individual needs of each customers’ printing requirements. We work directly with the customer to find out what they need to achieve repeatedly excellent results from their printing plates. To find out more please visit the Dantex Graphics website or contact us for more details.