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For flexible packaging printers, water-based ink was also No.1 for flexographic printing, with 64 percent putting it to work.

However, nearly the same number—61 percent—said they still use solvent-based inks for flexo. Solvent-based inks took a clear upper hand for gravure flexible packaging printing, with usage levels checking in at 60 percent. For this process, water-based ink lagged farther behind at 40 percent usage.