Different printing processes

By Elle Warren

Linocut Printing

Linocut is a print making technique where a piece of

linoleum is cut into a pattern and placed onto a sheet of paper or fabric

and inked over to create a picture.

Screen Printing Process

Screen printing is a printing process that uses a wire mesh/ fabric and a stencil to create a desired image using ink. The attached stencil leaves areas of open mesh so that when a fill blade or squeegee is dragged across the stencil it leaves the desired stencil image.

Gravure Printing process

intaglio printing process, which involves engraving the image onto an image carrier. the image is engraved onto a cylinder because it uses a rotary printing press. It’s history heavily involves newspaper photo features,

Lithography printing

Stone lithography was the first new printmaking technique. People used stone lithography to create color art for books, as well as for things like labels, flyers and posters. The artist draws/paints onto stone with a greasy substance. The stone picks up this greasy substance and holds it.The stone is moistened with water. The parts of the stone not protected by the greasy paint soak up the water. Oil-based ink is rolled onto the stone. The greasy parts of the stone pick up the ink, while the wet parts do not. A piece of paper is pressed onto the stone, and the ink transfers from the stone to the paper.

Laser Printing process

Laser printing is a technological type of print that uses a laser printer. Within the printer a laser beam projects an image onto a electrically charged drum. Powdered ink particles are then picked up by the drum. The drum then prints the image onto paper by direct contact and heat, which fuses the ink to the paper. This is the fastest way to print an image and many different surfaces can be used.

Photocopying process

A photocopier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents and other visual images quickly and cheaply. Most current photocopiers use a dry process that uses electrostatic charges on a light sensitive photoreceptor to first attract and then transfer toner particles onto paper in the form of an image. Heat is then used to fuse the toner onto the paper.