Type Technique Method Example (picture)

Hand

Etching Using strong

acid or

mordant to cut

into the

unprotected

part of a metal

surface to

create a

design.

Linocut A design in a

piece of wood

made with a

knife.

Screen print A woven

mesh to

support an

ink-blocking.

Woodcut Images are

carved into a

block of wood

often with a

gouge.

Lithography In modern day

lithography

the image is

made from a

polymer

coating

applied to a

flexible

aluminium

plate

Mechanical

Letterpress A worker uses

rearrange

able type,

puts ink in it,

and then

presses paper

against it to

form the

writing on the

paper

Gravure Involves

engraving an

image onto an

image carrier

(a cylinder

because it

involves

rotary printing

press).

Digital

Photocopying A drum is

charged by a

very high

voltage wire

called a

corona or a

charge roller.

A bright lamp

illuminates the

original

document.

Laser printing The processor

inside the

printer converts

the data to be

printed from

whatever format

it currently

exists in, into

a bitmap of the

page to

be printed - this

is then stored in

raster image me

mory.

An

electrostatic cha

rge is then

projected onto a

revolving

photosensitive d

rum inside the

printer.

A laser beam is

directed at a

rotating

polygonal mirror

, which redirects

the beam onto

the

photosensitive

drum

Inkjet An inkjet printer

is any printer that

places extremely

small droplets of

ink onto paper to

create an image.

If you ever look

at a piece of

paper that has

come out of an

inkjet printer

Desktop

publishing

Desktop

publishing

involves using a

computer and a

printer, usually a

laser printer to

produce camera

ready artwork