The document summarizes three printmaking techniques: linocut, offset lithography, and laser printing. Linocut uses linoleum as a relief surface and allows for unique, creative production though it is time-consuming. Offset lithography can produce many clean copies but is best for larger runs. Laser printing is a fast, digital process suitable for home use but produces lower quality images and toner is sometimes expensive.

2. Advantages:
Linocut is
a printmaking technique,
a variant of woodcut in
which a sheet
of linoleum, is used for
the relief surface.
• You can use it as many times
you want in different colours.
• Lino Cutting production is
unique.
• Lino Cutting production is
creative.
• Unlike offset lithography you
can only make few copies
using linocut technique
Disadvantages:
• Lino Cutting production is
time consuming

3. 1. Trace the image onto the tracing paper so then it
will be easier to transfer the image onto the lino.

4. 2. Go over the lines pressing the pencil hard when
tracing the image on to the lino, to prevent your tracing
paper from moving stick the tracing paper on the lino
with tape.

5. 3. The next step is to cut out the lines on the lino carefully with a
lino cutter. get a plastic sheet, ink on it and get a roller.

6. Linocut Print
By Carl Eugen
Keel
Self Linocut Print
by Jerry Schutte
Linocut Print
By Carlos Barberena
de la Rocha

7. • A process used for printing on a
flat surface, using printing plates.
• An image is transferred to a
printing plate,
• The plate is chemically treated so
that only image areas will accept
ink.
• Water and ink is applied to the
plate.
• The plate is rolled onto a rubber
cylinder applying the inked area,
and in turn the rubber cylinder
applies the image to the paper.

8. Advantages:
• You can make loads copies using offset
lithography technique
• Using offset lithography technique you will get
more clean images than using lino cutting
technique
• Offset lithography technique doesn’t take long
Disadvantages:
• If you make just a few copies it will be
expensive

10. Laser printing is an
electrostatic digital printing
process that rapidly produces
high quality text and graphics
by passing a laser beam over a
changed drum to define a
differentially charged image.
The drum selectively collects
charged toner and transfers the
The laser printer was invented at Xerox in is then
image to paper, which
1969 by researched Gary to permanently fix the
heated Starkweather,
who had an improved printer working by
image.

11. Advantages:
• Laser printing is a quick process
• Laser printing is cheaper than offset lithography
• You can make as many copies as you want
• You can have a laser printing at home
Disadvantages:
• Laser printing will probably cost more than linocut
• Laser printing is slower than offset Lithography
• Laser printing doesn’t produce a high quality pictures
like offset lithography
• The ink for a laser printer can be sometimes expensive.

12. Individual toner
particles comprising
4 dots of an image
with a bluish
Colour laser printer

13. Done by:
Paulina Dabrowska
Ewelina Rzechula
Media Level 2 students