1) The document discusses various traditional and modern printing techniques including etching, linocut, screen printing, lithography, letterpress, gravure, screen process, photocopying, laser printing, and inkjet printing. 2) Traditional techniques like etching involve using acid to cut designs into metal, while linocut uses wood covered with linoleum to create relief prints. 3) Modern digital techniques include laser printing, which uses a laser beam to produce high-quality text and graphics, and inkjet printing, which creates images by propelling ink droplets onto a substrate.

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2. Hand
Etching – This is traditional method of using strong acid to cut into unprotected parts of metals,
such as copper zinc and steel theses were the common metals use for this to create a design in
the metal, it is along the lines of engraving n something. The artist scratches off the ground, this
has a waxy base on it, this is done so the artist is able to view what he is trying to make.
Linocut – This is done with wood. The wood is covered with material (linoleum) this is to the relief
side. This is the side you apply the negative picture on with ink, this is done so when the picture
is pasted on to the wood it comes out in the right way e.g. if there was a writing it would have be
written opposite so it comes out in the right way.
Screen print - this is a technique where a mesh material is used to transfer ink onto a substrate,
except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil
Lithography – this is the method of printing from a stone or a metal plate with a smooth surface
with oil and water.

3. Technology
Letterpress - printing from a hard raised image under pressure, using viscous ink.
(https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=what+is+letterpress)
Gravure – this involves the image being engraved onto a cylinder because, it uses
a rotary printing press.
Screen process – this is a traditional type of printing, Silk screen printing is a
form of stencil printing, the ink is applied to the back of the image and pushed
through the open areas.

4. Printing
Photocopying – this is a copy of an image or some text.
Laser Printing – this is a digital printing process. It produces high-quality, text and
graphics, repeatedly by passing through a laser back and forth.
Inkjet – ‘ Inkjet printing is a type of computer printing that recreates a digital
image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper, plastic, or other substrates. ‘
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_printing)