printing
Let an agent explain printing techniques and their history, help choose a printing method for a job, describe file preparation and standards, and support craft and heritage printing.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Choose Choosing a method.
Method
Which technique.
Method
Method.
- Which printing method suits this run length, substrate, quality and budget? action
- How do offset, digital and screen printing compare? measurement
Prepare
File preparation.
Prepare
Preparation.
- How should files be prepared, with bleed, resolution and colour profiles? action
- Which proofs should be requested? action
Techniques How printing works.
Process
A technique explained.
Process
Process.
- How does this printing technique work, from plate or screen to impression? definition
- What are its strengths and limits? definition
Identify
Identifying prints.
Identify
Identification.
- Which technique produced this print, judging by its marks and texture? definition
- How do collectors verify? provenance
History History of printing.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How did printing develop in East Asia and Europe, from woodblock and movable type to the press? provenance
- What were its social effects? provenance
Regional
Regional histories.
Regional
Regional histories.
- What is the history of printing in a specific country or region, according to historians? provenance
- Which presses and printers were notable? provenance
Craft Craft printing.
Letterpress
Letterpress and relief.
Letterpress
Craft printing.
- How can someone learn letterpress, woodblock or screen printing, and where? action
- Which equipment and safety measures are needed? provenance
Sustain
Sustainable printing.
Sustain
Sustainability.
- How can printing reduce environmental impact through inks, paper and processes? provenance
- Which certifications exist? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Tarbiah Kreatif, dye-sublimation printing, relief block printing, xylography, letterpress printing, Letterpress Printing in Ireland, photoengraving, relief halftone, microprinting, 3D printing process, Arabic printing, extra print
What it is Filled
The process of reproducing text and images on paper, textiles or other surfaces using ink and a template or digital device, from woodblock and letterpress printing through lithography, gravure and screen printing to offset, digital and dye-sublimation printing; printing transformed the spread of knowledge and remains a major industry with its own techniques, standards and craft traditions.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain printing techniques and their history, help choose a printing method for a job, describe file preparation and standards, and support craft and heritage printing.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Reproduction
- Technique-defined
- Industrial and craft forms
- Historical significance
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Print counterfeit money, documents or identity papers.
- Reproduce copyrighted works without permission.
- Print personal data and leave it where others can read it.
- Use printers in ways that expose workers to fumes without ventilation.
Only with a human decision
- Printing official or legal documents.
May
- Explain printing processes and their history.
- Operate printers it is authorized to use and manage print jobs.
Moral aspects Filled
- Counterfeiting undermines trust in money and documents.
- Authors and illustrators depend on copyright.
Who is affected
- Authors and rights holders
- Print workers
- Victims of forgery
Owners Filled
Steward
The owner of the equipment; rights holders own what is printed.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q3514338 - registry parent class
related
- printing technique - category
- book - main product
- paper - main substrate
- typography - design of printed text
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.printing
- Wikidata: Q11034 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11034)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Ink transferred to a surface by a process
- Repeatable reproduction
- Handwriting and drawing are not printing
- Printed sheets, presses, plates and printers.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain printing techniques
- choose a method for a print job
- prepare files and specify jobs
- describe printing history and craft
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Colour mismatch between screen and print
- Misregistration
- Solvent and machinery hazards
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Colour management standards such as ICC profiles
- Print production standards
- Environmental rules on inks and solvents
Context of use required Filled
- Reproducing text and images.
- relief printing including woodblock and letterpress
- planographic printing such as lithography and offset
- intaglio such as gravure and etching
- screen and stencil printing
- digital printing including inkjet, laser and dye-sublimation
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q11034: printing - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Printing - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each technique be a separate entry?
- How should print standards be linked?
- How should heritage presses be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
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