Printing Types

The main industrial printing processes are:

Offset lithography.
Flexography.
Digital printing: inkjet & xerography.
Gravure.
Screen printing.
 Relief Printing
In relief printing the image to be transferred to paper (or other surface)
is raised above the surface of the printing plate. Ink is applied to the
raised surface then rolled or stamped onto the substrate. The relief
printing process is similar to using an ink pad and stamp such as in
rubberstamping.

Flexography and letterpress are forms of relief printing.

 “Letter Press” is
a relief type

The first
Letter Press used
letters like this to
Print, Who
Invented the first
Printing Press in
1440?
Johannes Gutenberg
 Flexography
Frequently used for printing on plastic, foil, acetate film, brown
paper, and other materials used in packaging, flexography or
flexographic printing uses flexible printing plates made of rubber or
plastic.
The inked plates with a slightly raised image are rotated on a
cylinder which transfers the image to the substrate. Flexography
uses fast-drying inks, is a high-speed print process, can print on
many types of absorbent and non-absorbent materials, and can
print continuous patterns (such as for gift wrap and wallpaper).
Some typical applications for flexography are paper and plastic
bags, milk cartons, disposable cups, and candy bar wrappers.
Flexography printing may also be used for envelopes, labels, and
newspapers.Watch https://youtu.be/vuGptR330VU
Flexography
Examples of items printed with
Flexography
 Intaglio

Intaglio (/ɪnˈtæli.oʊ/ in-TAL-ee-oh; Italian:

[inˈtaʎʎo]) is the family of printing and
printmaking techniques in which the image is
incised into a surface, and the incised line or
sunken area holds the ink. It is the direct opposite
of a relief print.
Scratched into Metal
 Gravure
Gravure is a printing method in which an image is applied
to a printing substrate by use of a metal plate mounted
on a cylinder.
Unlike other processes, gravure uses a depressed or
sunken surface for the desired image. The image to be
reproduced is etched into the metal plate, sometimes
with the use of a laser .
The metal plate is bathed in ink during the process and
then wiped clean before application to the substrate.
While gravure printing can produce high-quality results
rapidly, the costs are significantly higher than other
printing methods, including flexography or various forms
of digital printing .
Rotogravure
Fine Engraved Plates/Gravure
Etching
In traditional pure etching, a metal (usually
copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a
waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The
artist then scratches off the ground with a
pointed etching needle where he or she wants a
line to appear in the finished piece, so exposing
the bare metal.
Offset Lithography Press

http://youtu.be/mDfUtk81aP8
Offset Lithography
Offset Lithography Printing
https://youtu.be/mDfUtk81aP8
Offset Lithography
Offset Lithography
 Digital printing
Digital printing refers to methods of printing
from a digital-based image directly to a variety of
media. It usually refers to professional printing
where small-run jobs from desktop publishing and
other digital sources are printed using large-
format and/or high-volume laser or inkjet printers.
 Digital Printing
 It is not Just Your color Ink jet Printer
 Xerography, also known as electrophotography, is a
printing and photocopying technique that works on
the basis of electrostatic charges. The xerography
process is the dominant method of reproducing
images and printing computer data and is used in
photocopiers, laser printers and fax machines.
 A dye-sublimation printer is a computer
printer which employs a printing process that
uses heat to transfer dye onto materials such as
a plastic, card, paper, or fabric.
Sublimation Dye Transfer
Giclee Printing

Fine Art Printing

 Silkscreen/ Serigraphy
Silkscreen process is a a printmaking technique in
which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden
frame and the design, Photo emulsion painted on or
affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee
force color through the pores of the material in areas
not blocked out by a glue sizing.
Silkscreens are more Graphic in Design
Used a commercial purposes
Silkscreen as Art is Serigraphy
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