This document provides an overview of different printmaking techniques, including their methods, advantages, and disadvantages. It discusses hand etching, linocut, woodcut, lithography, letterpress, gravure, screen printing, photocopying, laser printing, inkjet printing, and desktop publishing. For each technique, it describes the basic process, cites examples of advantages like being quick or easy to do, and notes potential disadvantages such as taking a long time or appearing complicated. Images are provided as visual examples for some of the techniques.

1. Type Technique Method Advantag
es
Disadvanta
ges
Example (picture)
Hand
Etching A
process
of using
acid to
cut into
the
surface
of metals.
Looks
easy to
do.
Takes a
long time.
Linocut It is a
variant of
woodcut
and it
uses
fabric.
Cheap
and
quick.
Looks
complicated
.
Screen
print
Screen
printing is
a printing
technique
that uses
a woven
mesh to
support
an ink-
blocking
stencil to
receive a
desired
image.
You can
do quite a
lot of
images of
different
fabric.
Takes a
long time.

2. Woodcut technique
in
printmaki
ng in
which an
image is
carved
into the
surface of
a block of
wood,
with the
printing
parts
remaining
level with
the
surface
while the
non-
printing
parts are
removed,
typically
with
gouges.
Small. Very hard to
do.
Lithograph
y
is a
method of
printing
originally
based on
the
principle
that oil
and water
do not
mix.[1]
Printing is
from a
stone
It is a old
method
of
printing.
Looks
complicated
.

3. (lithograp
hic
limestone)
or a metal
plate with
a smooth
surface.
Mechani
cal
Letterpress Letterpres
s printing
is a
technique
of relief
printing
using a
printing
press. A
worker
composes
and locks
movable
type into
the bed of
a press,
inks it,
and
presses
paper
against it
to transfer
the ink
from the
type
which
creates an
impressio
n on the
paper.
Quick
and easy
to do.
Looks hard
to do.

4. Gravure Rotogravu
re (Roto
or
Gravure
for short).
is a type
of intaglio
printing
process,
which
involves
engraving
the image
onto an
image
carrier. In
gravure
printing,
the image
is
engraved
onto a
cylinder
It
engraves
stuff
easily.
Looks really
complicated
.
Screen
printing
Screen
printing is
a printing
technique
that uses
a woven
mesh to
support
an ink-
blocking
stencil to
receive a
desired
image.
Quick
and looks
easy.
The
machine is
really big.

5. Digital
Photocopyi
ng
Put paper
in the
photocopi
er and it
puts ink
on the
page
Quick The
photocopier
could break
down
Laser
printing
Put paper
in the
printer
and it
puts ink
on the
page
Quick You need to
buy ink for
the printer
Inkjet Same a
laser
printing
Quick Need ink for
the printer
Desktop
publishing
Type into
text
boxes
and add
photos
Quick
and easy
The
programme
doesn’t
automaticall
y save your
progress