| GENERAL INFORMATION EXCELLENT What is a print? www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/whatisaprint/flash.html There are three principle printmaking techniques: relief printing (woodcut, wood engraving, linocut), intaglio printing (etching, drypoint etc.), and planographic (lithography, screenprinting etc.). www.printdealers.com/learn.cfm There are three basic printing methods by which old prints and maps were produced ..... www.antiqueprints.com/Info/methods.html There are four traditional types of printing: relief printing, intaglio, lithography, and screen process printing. www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/printing_ReliefPrinting.asp Descriptions of Printing Processes So that you can make an informed choice in printing methods, we provide you with the information below. This page is structured so that you can know about as much or as little as you care to know about any given printing method. Most important to you is probably the "How It Looks" portion of each heading. www.invitesite.com/white_pages/printing_processes.html monoprint relief When someone talks about 'relief printing' they are usually referring to letterpress, woodcuts, wood engravings, or linoleum cuts. Relief printing encompasses a broad range of techniques and possibilities for artists and designers. This is especially true for the book artist because of its history in the production of books. Relief printing allows for extremely clean, sharp lines. www.birdpress.com/pages/reliefprt.html Woodcut ..... Linocut ..... Wood engraving www.connectworks.co.uk/printeurope/petecrel.html Woodcut intaglio The collective term for several graphic processes in which prints are made from ink trapped in the grooves in an incised metal plate. Etchings and engravings are the most typical examples. The plate is put onto a press bed with dampened paper on top, then run through the press under pressure, drawing the ink out of the grooves and onto the paper www.connectworks.co.uk/printeurope/petecint.html Intaglio presses can cost ten times as much as offset presses, and an intaglio printing plate can cost hundreds of times more than a comparable plate intended for offset printing; hence the relative popularity of the latter. But intaglio printing has some important advantages. For one thing, the plates have an incredibly long life; many millions of impressions can be made before the image quality degrades. For another, intaglio printing can achieve remarkably fine levels of detail. These facts, combined with the raised surfaces of the design, make intaglio printing the natural choice for currency, passports, and other high-security documents. Virtually every banknote (example) in the world is printed at least partially using intaglio, because its distinctive appearance and texture make it easier to spot counterfeits. Although intaglio will never replace laser and inkjet printers on the desktop, there’s no better printing technique when only perfection is good enough. http://itotd.com/articles/395/ An early intaglio press Etching Engraving offset Offset lithography, often either called just "offset" or "litho" printing, refers to traditional print presses. Paper is streamed through rollers and against a printing "plate," normally four times - once for each of four colored inks used to achieve full-color glossy results. www.serif.com/pagePlus/printing/learn/print-processes.asp silk screen Examples 1 2 3 4 5 A student's explanation One of the methods I utilised to complete the design was screen printing motifs onto multi-coloured T- shirts. To complete this technique successfully I was required to transfer the selected design onto a silk screen blocking out areas that required a particular colour. I then placed the screen onto the T-shirt fabric and applied the first block of colour using a special fabric paint. A squeegee was used to push the paint through the screen onto the T-shirt. When this coat had dried, the design was blocked out in a different area and another colour was applied. This was repeated until the design was complete. The design was then heat set using an iron. The Screen Printing Process (for Tshirts) STEP 1 The journey from idea to shirt is a detailed one. We start with the customers idea. Next we move to the art department who takes the idea and starts shaping it into the final design that can be put to screen and actually printed. www.circlerprinting.com/screen-printing-step1.html If you want more on Tshirts click here VERY COMPREHENSIVE Screen printing, sometimes called silk screening or serigraphy, has long proved it's worth as a fine arts and commercial medium. These instructions have been prepared in simple language. www.reuels.com/reuels/page512.html |
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