Te whakairo kiriata, he kupu poto mo te whakairo kiriata, he tukanga whakairo nui rawa i whakamahia, ka hurihia i ēnei whenua, in particular packaging, labels, me te kiriata horihori. Ko tenei tukanga whakairo he pai rawa te hanga i te kotahi o te wero, te pai me te pai, e mahi ana hei whakapono mō ngā tono maha. I te matua, ko te whakairo kiriata ka whakamahi i tētahi paepae whakatupu hei whakahewetanga i te ink ki te taunga. Ko te paepae, e kitea nei i te karepe rānei ko te photopolymer, kei reira te rohe whakaahua e noho tuhera ana i te ink. Ka whakamahi te ink i te paepae i te anilox roll, ko te rerenga whakairo e whakarite ana i te maha o te ink. Ka puta te paepae e tahuhu ana i te ink ki te taunga, ka whakawhiti te ink hei hanga i te whakaahua whakairo. Ko tenei tukanga ka whakaae kia whakairo i te rangahau whanui o ngā matā, ina ia, paper, cardboard, plastic films, metal foils, rānei ko ngā laminates. He tino pai rawa tētahi o ngā pai o te whakairo kiriata, ko tana whaiaro. Ka whakaae koe ki ngā momo taunga rerekē me te wā. Ki te tau ki te whenua whakapakoko, ka taea e ia te whakairo i te cardboard korokoro mō ngā poaka, plastic films mō ngā whakapakoko rerekē, rānei ko te paperboard mō ngā karatoni. Ko te tino taea ki te whakairo i etahi matā maha ka whakaawe nei ia hei whakaae mō ngā kaiwhakapakoko e hiahia ana ki te whakapakoko i etahi mea maha. Ko te whakairo kiriata he whakaaetanga hihiko hoki. Ko te whiringa mutunga o te paepae whakairo me te whakahaere pai o te whakahewetanga ink ka whakaae kia whakairo atawhainga, ka whakaae kia pai ai mō ngā whakaputanga maha. Ki te whenua kai me te moni, kaore i te maha ngā poaka e hiahiatia ana ki te whakairo haere, ka ea te whakairo kiriata i te take pai. Ko te pai o te whakairo kiriata ka whakapai pai rawa i ngā tau heoi nei. Me te whakamahere pai o te paepae me te hanganga ink, ka taea e ia hei whakauru i ngā momo iti, tekau tuhituhi pai, rānei ko ngā tae whakahirahira. Ko ngā ink whakairo kiriata pai, tae atu ko te whakahewetanga pai o te anilox roll, ka tūtonu te tae, ka pai te whakatakoto tae. Ko tenei ka whakaae kia whakairo kiriata mō ngā tono e hiahiatia ana te pai tirohanga me te pai tirohanga take. No reira, ko te whakairo kiriata he pai rawa hoki. Ko te utu o ngā paepae kiriata me ngā ink kaore i te iti i waenganui i ētahi atu tukanga whakairo, ina ia, mō ngā whakaputanga maha. Ko te whakahaere hihiko me te whakamahi pai o ngā mea ka whakaae kia whakaiti ai ngā utu katoa. Ki te whakangungu mai ngā take tiaki whenua, ka hurihia hoki te whakairo kiriata ki ngā mahi tiaki whenua maha. Ko te hanga o ngā ink whakairo kiriata tiaki whenua, ina ia, water - based rānei ko ngā ink UV - curable, ka whakaiti i te whiu whenua o te tukanga whakairo. Ko enei ink ka tae pai rawa, ka mahi pai hei whakaae mō ngā kaiwhakapakoko e hiahia ana ki te whakaiti i o rātau ahu whenua.