Flexographic printing plate
An object of the present invention is to provide a flexographic printing plate having excellent ink transferability in a solid portion and the like and having good printing quality in a halftone portion. The flexographic printing plate of the present invention is a flexographic printing plate having a relief layer including a non-image area and an image area, in which the image area has a halftone dot portion having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 0% and less than 100%, and a solid portion having a halftone dot area ratio of 100%, small dots in the halftone dot portion and the solid portion or small dots in the halftone dot portion have two or more recessed portions having different depths according to a halftone dot area ratio, and the two or more recessed portions having different depths are recessed portions whose depth becomes deeper as the halftone dot area ratio increases.
1. A flexographic printing plate comprising:
a relief layer including a non-image area and an image area,
wherein the image area has a halftone dot portion having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 0% and less than 100%, and a solid portion having a halftone dot area ratio of 100%,
small dots in the halftone dot portion and the solid portion or small dots in the halftone dot portion have two or more recessed portions having different depths according to a halftone dot area ratio, and
the two or more recessed portions having different depths are recessed portions whose depth becomes deeper as the halftone dot area ratio increases.
2. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 1 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 10 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 0% and 30% or less.
3. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 1 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 15 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 30% and 70% or less.
4. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 2 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 15 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 30% and 70% or less.
5. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 1 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 9 μm or more and 18 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 70% and 90% or less.
6. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 2 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 9 μm or more and 18 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 70% and 90% or less.
7. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 3 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 9 μm or more and 18 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 70% and 90% or less.
8. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 4 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 9 μm or more and 18 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 70% and 90% or less.
9. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 1 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 11 μm or more and 23 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 90% and 100% or less.
10. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 2 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 11 μm or more and 23 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 90% and 100% or less.
11. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 3 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 11 μm or more and 23 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 90% and 100% or less.
12. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 4 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 11 μm or more and 23 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 90% and 100% or less.
13. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 5 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 11 μm or more and 23 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 90% and 100% or less.
14. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 6 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 11 μm or more and 23 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 90% and 100% or less.
15. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 7 ,
wherein a depth of the recessed portion is 11 μm or more and 23 μm or less in a region having a halftone dot area ratio of more than 90% and 100% or less.
16. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 1 ,
wherein the recessed portions are formed by grooves which are continuously formed in a direction orthogonal to a depth direction.
17. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 2 ,
wherein the recessed portions are formed by grooves which are continuously formed in a direction orthogonal to a depth direction.
18. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 3 ,
wherein the recessed portions are formed by grooves which are continuously formed in a direction orthogonal to a depth direction.
19. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 5 ,
wherein the recessed portions are formed by grooves which are continuously formed in a direction orthogonal to a depth direction.
20. The flexographic printing plate according to claim 9 ,
wherein the recessed portions are formed by grooves which are continuously formed in a direction orthogonal to a depth direction.