Understanding Print Technologies

By:Ewelina and Paulina

Lino Cutting

Linocut is a printmaking techn

ique, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum, is used for the relief

surface.

Advantages: • 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 • You can hurt yourself

while cutting • Something could go

wrong

Lino CuttingProcess1.Trace the image onto the tracing paper so then it will be easier to transfer the

image onto the lino.

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.

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.

Linocut Print By Carl

Eugen Keel Self Linocut Print by Jerry

SchutteLinocut Print

By Carlos Barberena de la Rocha

Lino CuttingExamples

• 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.

Offset Lithography

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• It takes time to set up printing press• The materials are complex to use

Offset LithographyExamples

Laser PrintingLaser 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 image to paper, which is then heated to permanently fix the image.

The laser printer was invented at Xerox in 1969 by researched Gary

Starkweather, who had an improved printer working by 1971.

Laser PrintingAdvantages:

• 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.

Laser PrintingExamples

Individual toner particles comprising

4 dots of an image with a bluish

background

Colour laser printer

Thank you for your

attention Done by: Paulina Dabrowska Ewelina Rzechula

Media Level 2 students