It uses anilox laser engraved rollers. The rollers collect the ink from ink trays and store the ink in microscopic laser engraved cells. Laser engraved rubber rollers actually print the design onto the paper. These rollers gently press against the anilox roller to collect a thin layer of ink. The rubber print roller transfers the ink to the paper one color at a time.
Design repeats for the flexo can be as large as twenty five and one quarter inches.
Flexo can print tonal changes using transparent inks. It can also simulate rotary screen printing looks by using opaque inks. As many as ten colors can be printed using flexo. Hometown has thousands of wall samples to look at and choose from.