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Techniques and technologies used in print production

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The document discusses various print production techniques categorized as hand, mechanical, and digital. Hand techniques include etching, linocut, and woodcut which provide high quality outcomes but are time consuming. Mechanical techniques like letterpress and gravure provide high quality outputs but letterpress is straightforward while gravure is expensive. Digital techniques like photocopying, laser printing, and inkjet printing have advantages of speed and cost but can be prone to errors or require special materials. Desktop publishing allows for good quality outcomes using computers but has a learning curve.

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Techniques and technologies used in print production. Technique Definition Advantage Disadvantage HAND Etching Like engraving and The standard of the It is very time consuming scratching patterns into outcome is very high metal or wood Linocut A printmaking technique. The standard of the It is quite complicated A design is cut into the outcome is very high linoleum surface with a sharp knife Screen print A printing very useful commercially Images for screen printing technique,useswoven have to be simple mesh to support an ink- blocking stencil Woodcut Artistic technique, an cheap and readily available It is hard to carve small image is carved into the materials lettering into the template surface of a block of wood Lithography uses a stone or a metal It is cheap The materials are plate with a completely complex to use. smooth surfaceto print text or artwork onto paper or other suitable material MECHANICAL Letterpress locking movable type into It is a simple Each colour has to dry the bed of a press, inking straightforward before applying the next it, and rolling or pressing paper against it to form an process impression Gravure Image is etched on surface The outcome is of high It is expensive of metal plate/cylinderand quality. filled with ink. Raisedportions of the plate/ cylinder are wiped/ scraped free of ink leaving the ink and shape/pattern Screen process Ink is applied to the back It is quick, easy and If there is one mistake of the image carrier and precise then thousands of pushed through porous or open areas. cop0ies can be ruined DIGITAL Photocopying Machine that makes paper Quick and cheap They can break down copies of documents and easily, get jammed and other visual images. A dry process using heat ruin copies Laser printing rapidly produces high Colour printing is Prints wet and needs quality text and graphics possible and Print quality time to dry and it is on plain paper is good costly Inkjet creates a digital image by Cheap and easy to refill need special papers to propelling droplets of ink cartridges give best resolution onto paper Desktop publishing The creation of printed Good quality outcome It is complicated to use materials using page layout on a personal computer
Techniques and technologies used in print production

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  • 1. Techniques and technologies used in print production. Technique Definition Advantage Disadvantage HAND Etching Like engraving and The standard of the It is very time consuming scratching patterns into outcome is very high metal or wood Linocut A printmaking technique. The standard of the It is quite complicated A design is cut into the outcome is very high linoleum surface with a sharp knife Screen print A printing very useful commercially Images for screen printing technique,useswoven have to be simple mesh to support an ink- blocking stencil Woodcut Artistic technique, an cheap and readily available It is hard to carve small image is carved into the materials lettering into the template surface of a block of wood Lithography uses a stone or a metal It is cheap The materials are plate with a completely complex to use. smooth surfaceto print text or artwork onto paper or other suitable material MECHANICAL Letterpress locking movable type into It is a simple Each colour has to dry the bed of a press, inking straightforward before applying the next it, and rolling or pressing paper against it to form an process impression Gravure Image is etched on surface The outcome is of high It is expensive of metal plate/cylinderand quality. filled with ink. Raisedportions of the plate/ cylinder are wiped/ scraped free of ink leaving the ink and shape/pattern Screen process Ink is applied to the back It is quick, easy and If there is one mistake of the image carrier and precise then thousands of pushed through porous or open areas. cop0ies can be ruined DIGITAL Photocopying Machine that makes paper Quick and cheap They can break down copies of documents and easily, get jammed and other visual images. A dry process using heat ruin copies Laser printing rapidly produces high Colour printing is Prints wet and needs quality text and graphics possible and Print quality time to dry and it is on plain paper is good costly Inkjet creates a digital image by Cheap and easy to refill need special papers to propelling droplets of ink cartridges give best resolution onto paper Desktop publishing The creation of printed Good quality outcome It is complicated to use materials using page layout on a personal computer