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printing

vr.tr.printing · ACT.ACT

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.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

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.

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, dye-sublimation and 3D printing; printing transformed the spread of knowledge and remains a major industry with its own techniques, standards and craft traditions.

What it is for: Reproducing text and images.

It can be explain printing techniques; choose a method for a print job; prepare files and specify jobs; describe printing history and craft.

Distinguishing features

Reproduction

Technique-defined

Industrial and craft forms

Historical significance

What it looks like

Printed sheets, presses, plates and printers.

How it is recognised

Ink transferred to a surface by a process

Repeatable reproduction

Handwriting and drawing are not printing

Related models

is a kind of - category

printing technique

is related to - main product

book

is related to - main substrate

paper

is related to - design of printed text

typography

In practice

Families and kinds

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

Standards and regulation

Colour management standards such as ICC profiles

Print production standards

Environmental rules on inks and solvents

Failure modes and hazards

Colour mismatch between screen and print

Misregistration

Solvent and machinery hazards

Also called

Tarbiah Kreatifdye-sublimation printingrelief block printingxylographyletterpress printingLetterpress Printing in Irelandphotoengravingrelief halftonemicroprinting3D printing processArabic printingextra printmap printingautographic printingcolor printingcommercial printing (Akzidenzen)Perrotine printingoverprintnature printingthermographic printingprinting in Ukraineprint on demandlenticular printingArmenian printingmovable typecloud printingPrinting in SpainRevoltamusic printingmonochrome printPrinting in Goaphotographic printingtrade printingcounterprovingthermotransfer printWeb-to-printhexachromewet-on-wet printing4cPostage stamp reprint

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.printing-communication

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Choose Choosing a method.

Fit to job.

Method

Which technique.

Method

Method.

  1. Which printing method suits this run length, substrate, quality and budget? action
  2. How do offset, digital and screen printing compare? measurement

Prepare

File preparation.

Prepare

Preparation.

  1. How should files be prepared, with bleed, resolution and colour profiles? action
  2. Which proofs should be requested? action
Techniques How printing works.

Processes.

Process

A technique explained.

Process

Process.

  1. How does this printing technique work, from plate or screen to impression? definition
  2. What are its strengths and limits? definition

Identify

Identifying prints.

Identify

Identification.

  1. Which technique produced this print, judging by its marks and texture? definition
  2. How do collectors verify? provenance
History History of printing.

Attribution.

Origins

Origins.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did printing develop in East Asia and Europe, from woodblock and movable type to the press? provenance
  2. What were its social effects? provenance

Regional

Regional histories.

Regional

Regional histories.

  1. What is the history of printing in a specific country or region, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which presses and printers were notable? provenance
Craft Craft printing.

Making by hand.

Letterpress

Letterpress and relief.

Letterpress

Craft printing.

  1. How can someone learn letterpress, woodblock or screen printing, and where? action
  2. Which equipment and safety measures are needed? provenance

Sustain

Sustainable printing.

Sustain

Sustainability.

  1. How can printing reduce environmental impact through inks, paper and processes? provenance
  2. Which certifications exist? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each technique be a separate entry?
  • How should print standards be linked?
  • How should heritage presses be linked?
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