Expanded Colour Gamut Printing for Greater Efficiency and Consistent Colour Quality

 

Packaging printing is becoming increasingly complex, while production processes demand greater efficiency and flexibility.

 

ΔE Flex Color & ECG combines Expanded Colour Gamut printing with professional Colour Management to simplify production, reduce make-ready times and achieve consistent colour quality across a wide range of packaging applications.

 

 

Expanded Colour Gamut Technology

 

Expanded Colour Gamut (ECG) extends the conventional CMYK process by adding Orange, Green and Violet.

 

This expanded colour space enables a large proportion of spot colours to be reproduced without changing inks, resulting in a more efficient and standardised production process.

 

Benefits

 

• Expanded printable colour gamut

• Reduced use of spot colours

• Greater colour consistency

• Standardised production workflows

• Improved production efficiency
  
  
  

Constant Press Configuration

 

Less Changeover. Greater Efficiency.

 

With ECG printing, the printing units remain permanently configured with the same ink set.

 

This significantly reduces ink changes and make-ready times, allowing production to switch between jobs more quickly and efficiently.

 

Benefits

 

• Faster job changeovers

• Reduced make-ready times

• Increased press availability

• Lower production costs

• Improved planning reliability
  
  
  

 

 

Greater Efficiency for Short and Medium Print Runs

 

As product ranges continue to grow, shorter production runs have become standard in packaging printing.

 

ΔE Flex Color & ECG enables faster job changes while maintaining consistent print quality, making production more economical for both short and medium print runs.

 

Typical applications include:

 

• Food packaging

• Beverage labels

• Household products

• Consumer goods

• Brand packaging
  
  
  

Expanded Colour Gamut Without Spot Colours

 

Many corporate and brand colours can be reproduced accurately within the expanded colour gamut, reducing the need for spot colours.

 

Reducing the number of spot colours simplifies production, lowers ink inventory and creates a more efficient printing process.

 

Benefits

 

• Fewer spot colours

• Reduced ink inventory

• Lower material costs

• Consistent brand colours

• Simplified production
  
  
  

Optimised Image Reproduction

 

The wider colour gamut enables smoother tonal transitions and improved image reproduction while maintaining stable colour consistency.

 

Combined with professional Colour Management, ΔE Flex Color & ECG delivers predictable and reproducible print results across different substrates and production environments.

 

Benefits

 

• Improved image quality

• Smooth tonal transitions

• Stable colour reproduction

• Reproducible print results
  
  
  

 

A Practical Alternative to Gravure Printing

 

For many packaging applications, Expanded Colour Gamut printing enables flexographic print quality that approaches traditional gravure printing.

 

When combined with modern Screen Technology and advanced Printing Plate Technology, ΔE Flex Color & ECG provides a technically and economically attractive alternative for demanding packaging production.

 

 

Why ΔE Flex Color & ECG?

 

Today, Colour Management is about far more than colour accuracy.

 

It is about creating efficient, standardised production processes that improve productivity while maintaining reliable and consistent print quality.

 

With ΔE Flex Color & ECG, SANdo helps customers reduce production complexity, improve process stability and achieve reproducible colour across every print run.