Flexographic printers face many challenges in their work related to the quality of the print that result from the printing technique. They have to ensure the quality of the print in each step of preparing the machine for printing and during the actual printing. The aim of the following diploma thesis is to present the technique of flexographic printing, trends in the development of the flexographic printing industry and to analyse online manuals available to flexographic printers in terms of print quality factors in the printing process. The analysis of the manuals shows that all manuals present errors, with some of them listing the causes for errors and measures to ensure consistent print quality. However, none of the manuals cover everything that would help the flexographic printer fully understand how the errors occur and the procedures for resolving the problem, so
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that they could seamlessly continue their work. Therefore, the practical part introduces the quality factors that affect the print in flexographic printing. The analysis is based on a 40-hour flexographic workweek. Factors are monitored and analysed, the reasons behind interfering factors that affect the quality of the print are explained, and solutions and possible errors are presented with images.
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