Print Production Methods
Name
When was it invented
and is it still used
today?
How does it work?
Advantages
Disadvantages
Hand operated
1905. Linocut is still
used today.
Linocut
Screen Printing
The early report of
screen printing was in
12 centuries AD.
Screen printing today
was made know in
1907.
Linocut is a printmaking technique, a Easy to make prints
variant of woodcut in which a sheet
from and to cut out
of linoleum is then used as the relief the print
surface. Once a design has been
chosen it is then used and cut into
the surface of linoleum with a sharp
knife.
Takes too long
Screen printing is a technique using a Single image can be
woven mesh to support an inkadjusted upwards
blocking stencil with the desired
and downwards
design of what you want to use to
put on to your product.
Uses pressure to
squeeze it
process in print that uses an etched
or engraved plate, the plate is
smeared with ink and wiped clean,
then the ink left in the recesses
Too expensive and
takes too long
Mechanical
1440 is the earliest
date know.
Gravure
Good photographic
quality bright
colors, superior
colors registration
Around 1796 in
Germany.
makes print.
Good appearance
Printing is from a stone or a metal
plate with a smooth surface.
Very fast, Cheap
and Images
produced are clear
and sharp.
Cannot do small prints
cannot print numbers
and materials are hard
to use.
The drum is rolled through the
toner, which is positively charged so
that it will cling to the areas of
negative charge on the printer drum.
The printer feeds a piece of paper,
which is given an even stronger
negative charge by the transfer
corona wire before being rolled past
the drum. The electrostatic image
on the drum will transfer to the
paper, which is then discharged to
prevent it from clinging to the drum.
Then it is fed through a fuser, which
heats the toner and causes it to bind
with the fibers in the paper.
Does not take long
to print
Is not cheap is very
exspencive
Lithography
Digital
Laser Printing
Xerox in 1969 by
researcher Gary
Starkweather.
Meanwhile, the drum passes a
discharge lamp, which will expose
the entire surface of the drum and
erase the electrostatic image. The
transfer corona wire applies another
positive charge, and the printer is
ready for the next page or job.
Invented in 1938 but
became popular in
1959
Photocopying
Photocopier uses electrostatic
charges to produce a copy of the
image.
Can make large
amounts of copy’s
at the same time
and does not wear
and tear as much a
smaller one.
Heavy and takes up a
lot of space in the
room.