printing areas
11gravure printing — Printing processes used for catalogs, magazines, newspaper supplements, cartons, floor and wall coverings, textiles, and plastics. The Bohemian Karel Klíč made photogravure a practical commercial process in 1878. An image is etched in the copper… …
12block printing — Printing methods in which a block of wood, linoleum or some other material s surface is carved so that an image can be printed from it uncarved areas receiving ink which transfers to another surface when the block is pressed against it. Also… …
13relief printing — Printing methods in which a block of wood, linoleum or some other material s surface is carved so that an image can be printed from it un carved areas receiving ink which transfers to another surface when the block is pressed against it. Block …
14electrostatic printing — Printing process that uses a special paper which is charged by an electron beam. The tone sticks to the charged areas. Used in large image plotters …
15Screen-printing — is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink as a sharp edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil… …
16Color printing — Color separation redirects here. For other uses, see Chroma key. Color printing or Colour printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). Any natural scene or color… …
17Letterpress printing — is a term for printing text with movable type, in which the raised surface of the type is inked and then pressed against a smooth substance to obtain an image in reverse. In addition to the direct impression of inked movable type onto paper or… …
18Micro contact printing — Figure 1: PDMS master is created by patterning silicon, pouring and curing the PDMS, and peeling away from the substrate …
19resist printing — a fabric printing method in which a dye resistant substance is applied to certain specified areas of the material prior to immersion in a dye bath and subsequently removed so as to permit the original hue to act as a pattern against the colored… …
20Trap (printing) — Trapping is a prepress technique, also known as spreading and choking. It consists of creating small overlaps between abutting colors in order to mask registration problems on the printing press later on in the graphical production. Why trap?… …
