What Is Flexography?

Flexo is the answer when you need to print more than just a few copies of your projects. Printing with the relief plate allows for much more ink density on the printed piece—which means crispness and opacity in color. There's no plate waste, which means a lower cost per unit. Flexography is a stylish choice for mass-manufacturing printed materials due to its ability to handle higher volumes than offset printing and its color capabilities that are as good or better than lithography. It is also referred to as a "rotary" print method or a modern type of letterpress print method. Whether printing a billboard or business cards, create stunning prints with flexography. It's an art that has been around since it was invented in 1887 by Phillip Schaaf. A computer-guided tool etches an image onto the plate, which is then molded with heat and pressure. As a final step, your image is transferred to the plate by passing ink through it in a quick-drying process. It is used in manufacturing labels and packaging, magazines, newspapers, and books; the most common type of flexographic printing is direct-to-substrate. The ink is directly applied to the surface of the article being printed. The ink is typically applied using a printing plate with a coating made of a material that will create the image on the desired object when applied to that item. Flexographic printing is also used to print plastic pharmaceuticals and many other products. Flexography is also known as flexographic printing. Flexography is one way to make it happen if you need to print a thousand copies of a document. Commercial offset printing still exists in the printing world, but sometimes there are better choices. Consider this other popular print process if you have a small budget and need to print less than 1000 copies (specifically 979).