Flexographic Printing

Flexographic printing is a rotary printing process that uses flexible photopolymer or rubber plates as the printing plate and transfers ink via an anilox roller. Its core features are that the printing plate is soft and bendable, making it suitable for a variety of substrates such as corrugated board, plastic film, labels, and paper bags. In foreign trade, this term is commonly used in the import and export of printing equipment, consumables, packaging products, and printing services. Use scenarios include: exporting flexographic presses, flexographic plates, water-based inks, and packaging products produced by flexographic printing (such as food packaging and courier bags). Note: Compared with offset printing and gravure printing, flexographic printing is more suitable for large-volume, medium-to-low precision packaging printing and is more environmentally friendly (mostly using water-based inks); however, its precision is lower than that of offset and gravure printing. In foreign trade contracts, parameters such as printing method, substrate, number of colors, and registration accuracy must be clearly specified to avoid disputes caused by terminology confusion. In addition, environmental requirements for flexographic printing (such as VOC emissions) may differ by country and need to be confirmed in advance.