1. 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

2. 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

3. 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