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Anilox roller

In printing, anilox is a method used to provide a measured amount of ink to a flexographic (flexo) printing plate.^[1] An anilox roll is a hard cylinder, usually constructed of a steel or aluminum core which is coated by an industrial ceramic whose surface contains millions of very fine dimples, known as cells. During printing, the anilox roll is coated in ink which it then transfers onto the flexo printing plate. The number, size, and geometry of the anilox cells determines the amount of ink that the anilox roll delivers to the plate.