Abstract: A process for producing a durable, readily-storable, cylindrically-shaped flexographic printing sleeve having inner and an outer cylindrically-shaped walls and a substantially constant cross-sectional inner and outer diameter is provided. The flexographic printing sleeve is readily axially mountable on and dismountable from a complementary cylindrically-shaped printing cylinder having an outer cylindrically shaped wall. The process comprises providing a sleeve body. A layer of a low temperature curable polymeric material is provided to the outer circumferential surface of the sleeve body. The low temperature curable polymeric material is then cured at a temperature not greater than about 150 degrees F. to form a hardened layer of the polymeric material having a substantially uniform degree of hardness without damaging or distorting the sleeve body. A portion of the hardened layer of the polymeric material is removed to produce a flexographic printing sleeve having a thickness of up to about 0.