The document describes various printmaking techniques, including etching, linocut, screenprint, woodcut, lithography, letterpress, gravure, photocopying, laser printing, inkjet printing, and desktop publishing. It provides details on the process for each technique as well as advantages and disadvantages. Printing techniques like etching and linocut can be reproduced but require skill. Screenprinting, letterpress, and gravure are suitable for mass production. Digital techniques like photocopying, laser printing, and inkjet printing allow for fast, inexpensive reproduction but have environmental impacts.
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Using a type of acid to cut through the weakest parts
in metal to make an image
Advantages
• It is useful for making circuit boards
• It is permanent
Disadvantages
• It uses acid and can, therefore, be dangerous.
• It can only be done by those who are skilled in the
subject
Etching
4.
Scratching the design into either a wooden block or a
foam sheet, inking or painting over it and laying it on the
paper
Advantages
• Means it can be produced more than once
• It is used as a way of teaching kids about printmaking in
early school years
Disadvantages
• It can (like etching) be hard for anyone unskilled in the
subject to do
• Some pictures may be hard to translate to linocut
Linocut
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Putting a large stencil over the top of a sheet of paper
and spreading ink over it
Advantages
• Reproducible numerous times
• Useful for newspapers/other mass productions
Disadvantages
• Can be limiting to only have one stencil
• Usually only uses one colour
Screenprint
6.
Carving an image into a block of wood and inking it
onto paper
Advantages
• Similar to linocut
• Reproducible
Disadvantages
• Only skilled people can do it
• Wood is fragile
Woodcut
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A stone or canvas is painted with half of the image as a
water-repellent substance and the other half as a water-
retaining substance. These parts create contrast on the
print, with the water-repellent becoming the positive
image and the water-retaining become negative.
Advantages
• Good process for creating maps
• Common form of printing technology
Disadvantages
• Relies heavily on scientific principles
• The image can only be achieved if the person drawing it is
a skilled artist
Lithography
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The image is engraved onto a press and that press is
inked and rolled off onto paper numerous times.
Advantages
• It was widely used for printing newspapers and
leaflets before printers came into the business.
• It can be done numerous times in a short space of
time.
Disadvantages
• An artist must be involved in the process
• It can take a long time to make the engravings
Letterpress
10.
Similar to a letterpress but instead the image is
engraved on a rolling cylinder which rolls over the
entire image.
Advantages
• Easy to replicate numerous times
• Can constantly run
Disadvantages
• Must be completely precise
• The image has to be done by someone skilled at
gravure
Gravure
11.
Similar to screen printing, but done on a mass scale
Advantages
• Can be replicated numerous times
• More economically friendly
Disadvantages
• Requires artistic skill
• Limited for colour choices
Screen Process
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Electrostatic charges on a photoreceptor attract and
transfer toner particles to paper to create an exact
copy of the image in question
Advantages
• It is quick
• It is inexpensive and widely used
Disadvantages
• Ink cartridges need to be replaced regularly
• It uses ultraviolet light, which can be harmful with
prolonged exposure.
Photocopying
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It uses LED to complete the same process as
photocopying
Advantages
• Economically friendly
• The cost is much less
Disadvantages
• It is not possible to travel with a laser printer of
cartridges of ink
• The environment can be damaged by the discharge
of ozone gases in the printing process
Laser Printing
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Similar to photocopying but they don’t usually work with
cartridges, instead using a continuous supply of ink
Advantages
• They require no warm up time
• They are better for high speed mass printing
Disadvantages
• Even the slightest drop of water will lead to blurring on
the print
• They are more prone to displaying error messages, even
in the case of the absence of an error
Inkjet
16.
A document is made and put together by someone
using a computer program, usually on a personal
computer
Advantages
• It can all be done easily because of the accessibility
• Cheaper than any other type of publishing
Disadvantages
• Can be unprofessional to some people
• Can be more expensive than other methods of
commercial printing
Desktop Publishing