Flexographic printing

Flexographic printing uses wet inks and printing plates to transfer an image or text onto the label material. Costs are incurred in manufacturing and registering the plates onto the press when setting up for each print run. However, once running at high speeds, costs fall dramatically, making flexographic printing a cost effective and quick way to produce longer runs.

Flexographic printing can also be employed to print short runs of flexible packaging at relatively low cost, when compared to the much larger set up and printing plate costs of long-run gravure flexpack manufacturers.