Printing
The History Of Books
Today, we consider the book entertainment. But for centuries, the written account existed merely to record a set of specific events and their natural progression. Entertainment through reading was unknown to humankind. The oldest known forms of writing are...
What Is Embossing?
Embossing refers to the creation of an impression of some kind of lettering, design, decoration, or pattern on another surface such as paper, cloth, metal, and even leather, to make a relief. In regular printing or an engraving, plates are pressed...
What Is Foil Stamping?
Foil stamping is a specific kind of printing procedure where heat, pressure, and a metallic paper (foil) are used to create different shiny designs on various materials. Foil stamping gives the stamped design a unique and incredible look and is fast becoming...
What Is Four Color Process Printing?
Four color process printing is a printing process where a finished, full-color artwork is separated out into the CMYK format – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. Separate films are created for each and printed with...
What Is Litho Printing?
Litho printing (lithography)works on the basic principle that oil and water do not mix. Unlike relief printing and intaglio, where the image and non-image areas are at different levels, in lithography there is only one surface and the non-image areas are all on...
What Is Offset Printing?
Offset printing uses three cylinders to transfer an image onto a substrate. The first cylinder is mounted with the printing plate. The image on the printing plate is ‘right’ reading or written with the right side up. The first cylinder is inked and the image transferred or offset...
What Is Screen Printing?
Screen printing was a technique first used by the Chinese almost 2000 years ago and involved stretching human hair across a wooden frame to form the screen. A stencil made from leaves stuck together into different shapes was then attached. This was...