Flexography is a kind of relief printing. But customarily, flexography means printing with liquid oil and flexible printing plate.
Compared with rotogravure, flexography is eco-friendlier and more economical but the printings produced are less colorful and vivid.
What are the advantages of flexographic printing press?Compared with gravure printing press, flexographic printing press is more economical and the printing cylinder is easier to change. This helps the factories shorten the production cycle from designing to printing. And these features mean that flexography is suitable for small scale of printing.
What ink is used in flexography?There are three kinds of oils used in flexography: water-based ink, alcohol soluble ink and UV ink. All ink used in flexography is eco-friendly, thus flexography is now mainly used in food package printing.
What do we need to do when using flexographic printing press?