Mu myaka ya vuba aha, bitewe n’iterambere ry’imibereho y’abantu n’iterambere ryihuse ry’umuryango n’ubukungu, ibisabwa mu kurengera ibidukikije ahantu hatandukanye byarushijeho kwiyongera, kandi ibisabwa mu kunoza umusaruro bigenda byiyongera uko umwaka utashye. Umubare w’ibikoreshwa urimo kwiyongera, kandi ukoreshwa cyane cyane mu mpapuro n’amafilimi afatanye, mu dusanduku tw’impapuro dutandukanye, mu bikombe by’impapuro, mu mifuka y’impapuro, no mu mafilimi akoreshwa cyane.

Gucapa hakoreshejwe flexographic ni uburyo bwo gucapa bukoresha plaque zo gucapa zigenda zoroshye kandi bugatuma wino inyura mu cyuma gikoresha anilox. Izina ry'Icyongereza ni: Flexography.

Imiterere y'imashini zicapa za flexographic, mu magambo make, ubu igabanyijemo ubwoko butatu: cascading, ubwoko bw'igice n'ubwoko bwa satelite. Nubwo icapiro rya flexographic rya satellite ryateye imbere buhoro buhoro mu Bushinwa, inyungu zaryo mu by'ukuri ni nyinshi cyane. Uretse ibyiza byo gucapa cyane no kwihuta, rifite inyungu nyinshi iyo ricapa uduce duto tw'amabara (field). Ibi bigereranywa no gucapa gravure.