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flexography

flexography

8.2
A printing method that uses soft raised plates to print on materials like plastic or paper
  • noun
  • /flɛkˈsɒɡrəfi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : flexografía
  • In flexography, this has been solved by using an inking roll with tiny depressions that hold an exactly metered amount of ink.

Examples

  • Flexography is widely used in the packaging industry to print flexography labels and wrappers.

  • In the first, the process is localized at the contact area of protrusions, as for flexography.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The company specializes in flexography, offering printing services for various materials.

  • With flexography, manufacturers can achieve high-quality prints on flexible packaging materials.

Synonyms

relief printing
vsflexography
  • Specialized
6.8

A printing method where you press ink on raised parts of a block onto paper

is a specific form using flexible plates mainly for printing on packaging

Surface Forms

flexography singular
flexographies plural

Morphology

flexography = flexo (semi-transparent) = flexo + graphy

The term is built from the technical combining form flexo- and the suffix -graphy, so the connection to printing is partly inferable but still specialized.

Etymology

Flexography comes from flexo- meaning 'bend' or 'flexible' and -graphy meaning 'writing' or 'printing'. So, flexography is literally 'printing with flexible plates', which is why it is used to print on labels, plastic bags and packaging.