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Overview of Printing Methods

The document discusses various printing methods including etching, gravure, linocut, letterpress, lithography, screen printing, laser printing, and photocopying. Etching involves using acid to cut a design into metal, while gravure etches images into printing plates. Linocut involves carving designs into linoleum and transferring ink to paper. Letterpress uses raised metal type to imprint images in reverse onto paper. Lithography and screen printing employ mesh screens to transfer ink, with lithography using oil and water. Laser printing uses toner and a drum, and photocopying produces paper copies with a copying machine.

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Overview of Printing Methods

The document discusses various printing methods including etching, gravure, linocut, letterpress, lithography, screen printing, laser printing, and photocopying. Etching involves using acid to cut a design into metal, while gravure etches images into printing plates. Linocut involves carving designs into linoleum and transferring ink to paper. Letterpress uses raised metal type to imprint images in reverse onto paper. Lithography and screen printing employ mesh screens to transfer ink, with lithography using oil and water. Laser printing uses toner and a drum, and photocopying produces paper copies with a copying machine.

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History of printing

methods

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Etching
Etching is the process of using strong acid
to cut into the unprotected parts of a
metal surface to create a design in intaglio
(image is created by cutting, carving or
engraving into a flat surface) in the metal.
As an intaglio method of printmaking it is,
along with engraving, the most important
technique for old master prints, and
remains widely used today.
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Gravure

Processin which theimageto be printed


(unlike in letterpress and
flexographicprinting) is etched into
theprinting plate, and the printing ink
(unlike inoffset printing) is transferred
direct to thepaper. Used mainly
forlongrunsofhighqualitymulticolour
printing. Alsocalledphotogravure printing,
specially where photographs are
reproduced
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Linocut

Linocut is a form of relief printing. A design is


carved into a piece of lino (linoleum). This is
inked with a brayer (though you can use a
brush, it's harder to get the ink even), and a
print made by placing a sheet of paper on top so
the ink is transferred to the paper. Pressure is
applied to get an even transfer of the ink by
either running the linocut block and paper
through a printing press or using a burnisher
(often simply the back of a spoon).
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Letterpress

Letterpress is the oldest form of


printing. In this method, a surface with
raised letters is inked and pressed to
the surface of the printingSubstrate to
reproduce an image in reverse.
Typically, metal type has been used
but other possibilities include carved
wood or stone blocks.
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Lithography
printing companies that will print
thousands of copies of the same item,
in one production run. Lithography
machines can print on both sides of
paper/card and they rely on four basic
colours; yellow, cyan (type of blue),
magenta (type of red) and black. This
is also known as the CYMK process.
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Screen process
Also called silkscreenprocess. a
printmaking technique in which a mesh
cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden
frame and the design, painted on
thescreenby tusche or affixed by stencil,
is printed by having a squeegee force
colour through the pores of the material in
areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.

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Screen print
Screen printing is in common use
today as it is relatively cheap and a
variety of colours can be used. Good
examples are seen on T-shirts and
posters. In industry this technique is
used to produce thousands of screen
printed items, even on packaging. The
equipment required for this technique
are shown below.
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laser printing
a printer linked to a computer
producing good-quality printed material
by using a laser to form a pattern of
electrostatically charged dots on a
light-sensitive drum, which attract
toner (or dry ink powder). The toner is
transferred to a piece of paper and
fixed by a heating process.

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Photocopying

a paper copy of a document, picture,


etc., that is made with a special
machine (called a copier or
photocopier)

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