ʻO kaMīkini flexographicUa kāʻei ʻia ka papa paʻi ma luna o ka ʻili o ka cylinder o ka papa paʻi, a hoʻololi ia mai kahi ʻili pālahalaha i kahi ʻili cylindrical kokoke, i loli ai ka lōʻihi maoli o ke alo a me ke kua o ka papa paʻi, ʻoiai he palupalu a elastic ka papa paʻi flexographic, no laila e loli ai ka ʻili paʻi o ka papa paʻi. Loaʻa ka deformation kikoʻī, no laila ʻaʻole i kūpono ka lōʻihi o ke kiʻi a me ka kikokikona i ka hana hou ʻana o ka hoʻolālā mua. Inā ʻaʻole kiʻekiʻe nā koi maikaʻi o ka mea i paʻi ʻia, hiki ke hoʻowahāwahā ʻia ka hewa lōʻihi o ke kiʻi a me ka kikokikona i paʻi ʻia, akā no nā huahana maikaʻi, pono e hana ʻia nā hana e uku ai no ka elongation a me ka deformation o ka papa paʻi.