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flexography [flek′säg·rə·fē]
(graphic arts)
Relief printing with plates fastened to a cylinder and with a single inking roller supplied with aniline ink from two rollers in the ink fountain. Also known as aniline printing; aniline process; flexographic printing.


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A new 10-color flexographic printing press reportedly matches the quality of rotogravure while using substantially less energy than conventional flexography.
Flexography is a process in which ink is applied to a raised image area that has been fashioned upon the face of a rubber printing plate.
Flexography is one of three major printing processes, which include offset lithography, used mainly in magazine and newspaper printing, and gravure, often used in packaging, which involves printing with an engraved copper cylinder.
 
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