Te māhere whakaputa flexo, arā he kupu poto mo te whakaputa flexographic, he tūtohu whakaputa nui atawhai me te pai rawa i whakamahi ki roto i ētahi atu rorohiko. Ko tana mahi hei whakamahi i te whakaaro o te whakaputa relief, kei reira ko te kōrero e pāngia ana i runga i tētahi papa whakaputa waimārama, ka hoatu ai te inki mai i te papa ki te papa hoko. Ka timata te māhere i te whakatūpuku i te papa whakaputa flexographic. Ko tēnei papa e kitea ana i te rubber rānei ko te photopolymer. Ki te pānui i ngā papa photopolymer, ka whakaputahia tētahi kōrero matihiko ki runga i tētahi papa whatumanawa. Ka whakapākia te papa i te maha o te marama (UV) mō te mask, ka whakatika ai ngā wāhi o te photopolymer e hanga ai i te kōrero whakaputa. Ka hokihoki ai ngā wāhi kore whakatika, ka noho mai nei tētahi kōrero relief e puta ana i runga i te papa. I te mutunga o te papa, ka whakatakotoria ki runga i tētahi poraka i runga i te pakihi flexo. Ka whakamahi i te inki ki te papa i te whakamahi i tētahi poraka anilox, ko tēnei he poraka e whakakīwhai ana i te inki me te whakatakoto pai o te inki. Ko te whakaheke o te poraka anilox e whakatau ai i te maha o te inki e hoatu ana ki te papa, ka whakaae tonu ai ki te whakahaere pai o te inki. Ka hurihia te poraka - takotoria, ka tae ki te papa hoko, ka ea mai nei ko te kāpeka, ka ea mai nei ko te kāpeka paparangi, kua ea mai nei ko te kāpeka plastikiti rānei ko ētahi atu momo. Ko te kōrero relief e puta ana i runga i te papa ka hoatu i te inki mai i te poraka anilox ka hoatu ki te papa hoko. Ko te paoro e whakamahi ana i te waehanga i waenganui i te papa me te papa hoko ka whakamana ai te whakaputa inki, ka puta ai tētahi kōrero whakaputa pai me te pai. Ko te whakapau i te māharahara he tino tūtohu ki te māhere whakaputa flexo. E hainā ana ngā momo inki e whakamahi ana, e hainā ana ngā momo whakapau māharahara. Ko ngā inki solvent ka whakapau māharahara ki te whakapūmau i te wai, ka whakamahi hoki i ngā whakapau māharahara rānei i ngā pūwai hoki. Ko ngā inki wai ka whakamahi i te whakapūmau, engari ka hiahia ki ngā whakapau māharahara pai ake noa i te paumaru o te wai. Ko ngā inki UV - curable, ka whakapūmau tonu i te maha o te marama (UV), ka whakaiti haere i te waehanga māharahara me te whakamahi pai o te whakaputa ki te maha o te whenu. He nui ngā pai o te māhere whakaputa flexo. Ka whakamahi pai ia i te nui o ngā papa hoko e rerekē ana i ngā āhuatanga mata. Ka tukuna pai ngā tae, ka whakaputa pai ngā tae pai, ka whakamahi pai ki te pakipiki, ngā lebeli rānei me ngā rautaki whakapuhikitanga. Nā te mea hoki, ka pai rawa ia mō ngā whakaputa iti rānei ngā whakaputa roa, ka tukuna pai te moni me te whakahaere pai i te whakaputa. Engari, ka hiahia ki te whakatakoto pai o ngā whakamahi me te whakapiki pai o ngā inki kia pai ai te whakaputa.