To Fleksopechat on rolled materials

The flexographic press (flexography, to fleksopechat) is a way of the press which represents pryamuyuvysoky rotational the pechatbystrovysykhayushchy liquid paints which are fixed on various (is more often — flexible) materials, with use of elastic printing forms which can be established on formny cylinders with various length of a circle.

Were the basis for the term "flexography" the Latin word flexibilis that means "flexible", and the Greek word graphein that means "to write", "draw". In Europe the new term in the form of Flexodruck was for the first time used in September, 1966 in Germany. Further it gained distribution in France ("flexographie" or "impression flexographique") and in other countries. Now this type of the press one of main types by means of which receive the image on various materials (polyethylene, polypropylene, cellophane, paper, a corrugated cardboard, a foil and dr).

The flexography is used for a packaging printing, on plastic packages, by production of labels and so forth.