Type Technique Method Advantages

Disadvantages

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.

Woodcut technique in printmaking 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.

Lithography

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.

(lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface.

Mechanical

Letterpress Letterpress 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 impression on the paper.

Quick and easy to do.

Looks hard to do.

Gravure Rotogravure (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.

Digital

Photocopying

Put paper in the photocopier 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 automatically save your progress