The principle of the flexographic printing is distinguishing by its simplicity. There are used liquid and rapidly drying spirit-based, water-based or UV ink, which, by means of porous (anilox) roll, is transferred from the ink bath to the relief printing form and further directly onto the printing material. Ink dosing is performed by changing anilox rolls with pores of different depth and size. Dosage tolerance is increased by means of the ink-removing knife, which touches the rotating anilox roll. The simplicity of the process is determined by the fact, that operation of the equipment of this type is rather simple, it is easier readjusted for the new order, it produces less spoilage in time of adjustment. Nevertheless, such ink dosing isn’t so smooth as in a case of offset printing, therefore, colour reproduction has greater errors, however, it doesn’t change in the run.
The method of the flexographic printing covers 22% of the world market, nevertheless, its share is growing with the greatest rate (~8% per year). The flexographic printing has dominating positions in segments of printing on flexible packing, cardboard and self-adhesive labels – this market share reaches up to 70-75%. | 
