1. Flexography A Printing Processes ……………….

2. To Be Successful You Must Be Able To: A*  Justify the selection and use of Flexography to produce a graphic product  Explain two advantages and one disadvantage of using Flexography A  Explain two advantages of using Flexography  Recall the complete Flexography process B  Give two advantages and one disadvantage of using Flexography  Recall the majority of the Flexography process C  Give two advantages of using Flexography  Recall some of the Flexography process +

3. The Basic Principle the raised image is applied to a flexible material such as plastic / rubber etc the raised image is applied to a flexible material such as plastic / rubber etc ink is applied to the raised surface ink is applied to the raised surface the image is then pressed onto the paper the image is then pressed onto the paper

4. The Flexography Process a flexible printing plate is produced and placed around the Plate Cylinder. the Anilox Cylinder is partially immersed in ink the Anilox Cylinder applies the ink to the raised surfaces on the plate sometimes a Doctor Blade and Fountain Roller are used to improve ink distribution the image is then printed onto the material by the Impression Cylinder

5. EXAMPLE PRODUCTS paperback books sweet wrappers frozen food packaging juice carton plastic bags

6. Advantages  High printing speeds Give/State (1 mark) Explain/Describe (1 mark) fast turnaround of job SO  Able to print on a very wide variety of media SO a very wide variety of product requirements can be accommodated  Fast drying inks SO a very fast printing method

7. Disadvantages  Plate are expensive to produce / High set up costs Give/State (1 mark) Explain/Describe (1 mark) process only suitable for high print runs SO  Difficult to reproduce fine detail only suitable for simple images SO