Flexography

• Flexography can be printed on absorbent and non-absorbent materials
• Flexography is used for;

  • wallpaper
  • wrapping paper
  • packaging
  • paper and plastic bags
  • milk cartons
• Flexography is a direct printing process which means the image is transferred directly onto the substrate
• An advantage of Flexography is that is has high speed high volume
• An advantage of Flexography is that the inks dry very fast
• A disadvantage of Flexography is that the plates wear more easily than lithography
• Flexography uses rubber plates to transfer ink
• Flexography is also known as High Speed Printing
• Used for continuous patterns