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The document describes several printmaking techniques including etching, linocut, screen printing, woodcut, lithography, letterpress, gravure, photocopying, laser printing, inkjet printing, and desktop publishing. For each technique, it provides a brief definition, examples of advantages and disadvantages. The techniques vary in terms of complexity, required materials and tools, production time, quality, and cost. Many traditional techniques like etching and woodcut are time-consuming while newer digital techniques can produce high quality prints more efficiently but rely on electricity.
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- 1. Type Technique Method Example (picture) Advantage Disadvantage Hand Etching Using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected part of a metal surface to create a design. The final piece has is very appealing. The method is very time consuming. Linocut A design in a piece of wood made with a knife. This method is simple for carving and creating desgins. Mistakes during this method are unreversible therefore you will have to start over if any errors occur. Screen print A woven mesh to support an ink-blocking. It createsa unique visual effect The methodisextremely time consumingandcan be cause the artistto get dirty. Woodcut Images are carved into a block of wood often with a gouge. The materialsusedare easyto collectandfind and isalsoverycheap. The methodcantake anywhere fromafew hoursto a fewdays. Lithograp- hy In modern day lithography the image is made from a polymer coating applied to a flexible aluminium plate The methodisvery cheap. The materialsusedare complex touse and extremelytime consuming.
- 2. Mech- anical Letterpress A worker uses rearrange able type, puts ink in it, and then presses paper against it to form the writing on the paper The processisnot complicatedandvery straightforward. The methodisextremely time consumingespecially on longertasks. Gravure Involves engraving an image onto an image carrier (a cylinder because it involves rotary printing press). The qualityof the final piece isverygood. The engravingof the cylinderistime consuming and the methodhasa high cost Digital Photocopyi ng A drum is charged by a very high voltage wire called a corona or a charge roller. A bright lamp illuminates the original document. An advantage would be the photocopiercan make loadsof copiesat once. The machine takesupa lotof room therefore if youdon’thave a large room to putit inthenit will be hardto have anythingelse inthe room. Alsowithoutelectricity the device cantbe used Laser printing The processor inside the printer converts the data to be printed from whatever format it currently exists in, into a bitmap of the page to be printed - this is then stored in raster image me mory. An electrostatic char This methodisvery efficientandisvery quick. Thismethodof printingis not cheapeventhoughits advantagescompare to printers. The devise cannotbe used withoutelectricity.
- 3. ge is then projected onto a revolving photosensitive dr um inside the printer. A laser beam is directed at a rotating polygonal mirror, which redirects the beam onto the photosensitive drum Inkjet An inkjet printer is any printer that places extremely small droplets of ink onto paper to create an image. If you ever look at a piece of paper that has come out of an inkjet printer This use of thisprinter meansyouwonthave to spenda lotof moneybuyingit. Howeverdue tospending a low amountof money meansthe qualityof the printsisnot to a high standardwhencompared to otherprinters. Withoutelectricitythe device isunable towork. Desktop publishing Desktop publishing involves using a computer and a printer, usually a laser printer to produce camera ready artwork This methodisunlike wordprocessingwhere the usershave to work ina linearperspective. This methodisnoteasy to learntherefore new staff usingitmay needto take time to understand it. The device relyson electricitytobe able to run.