A printing method where the areas to be inked are higher than the non-printing areas. The inked areas are then placed in contact with the material to be printed, transferring the ink from the raised areas to the substrate. A similar technique is used with rubber stamps. See also: Flexography; relief plate; relief printing.
A press that uses a raised type or die to press the image or cut onto a piece of paper.
An image is inked to produce an impression which is transferred by placing paper aginst the image so that it appears stamped.
A printing process that utilizes inked raised surfaces to create an image.
Printing of text from relief type, especially of pre-twentieth century broadsheets and books. Since the advent of laser printing, phototypesetting, and offset lithograpy in the past twenty years, little is printed by letterpress.
this is a relief printing method. The letters are metal cast - were the surface of the letters are raised above the background. When the ink is applied it only coats the letters and the inked image is then transferred to the paper.
Printing from metal type ("hot metal)."
A printing method that stamps ink onto paper, using raised lettering.
A process of typographic (raised type) printing generally using oil-based inks.
The oldest printing method, in which the image to be printed is raised from the plate, inked, and applied directly to paper.
A form of printing in which the raised surfaces of a printing plate are inked and the inked image is impressed directly on the paper.
Printing method using a raised area.
Letterpress, once the most widely-used printing method, originated with the Gutenburg Press. Words and other images are made from metal. Ink is applied to the metal, the metal hits the paper, transfers the ink to the paper, and slightly embosses the surfa
in print production, a process in which the printing surface or area to be printed is raised, rather than flat (as in offset lithography printing) or etched into a printing plate (as in rotogravure printing); virtually identical in concept to the use of a rubber ink stamp. See offset lithography and rotogravure.
Traditional method of relief printing in which individual pieces of type, called sorts, are assembled from cases into lines and blocks of text and printed by inking and direct contact with paper.
A printing method where oil-based ink is applied via rollers to a raised plate, and then the image is directly impressed onto the paper. Similar to flexographic printing, letterpress uses screens of 65 to 85 lines.
Letterpress is a more expensive alternative to engraving that is good for unusual paper, motifs, typefaces or pigments. Images appear stamped individually into the paper and have a precise typeface with richer colors.
A stage in the note printing process where the coloured background design is transferred to the sheet of notes, normally both sides at the same time. Also known as the Simultan stage.
Text printed from moveable type. This is often combined with a woodcut, or wood-engraved image.
Historically, this involved using individual metal or wood block letters to create a pressed in ink transfer on the paper.
Generic category for all forms of relief printing, as a distinct grouping from lithography, screen printing etc.
printing from a plate with raised characters
Printing from raised surfaces such as metal type.
Similar to flexographic printing. Uses screens of 65 to 85 lines. One of the least expensive printing processes. Good quality and clarity.
In this form of printing the image is raised, then inked and printed.
The process of printing from a raised inked surface with a plate.
A process of printing in which raised images are coated with ink and pressed directly onto a paper or paperboard surface.
The oldest of the major printing processes distinguished by its use of raised metal type. The type can be either individual characters or plates made with raised type.
Printing equipment that prints directly from the "type" to the paper as opposed to offset printing
This type of printing utilizes a movable type machine. The inked raised type is stamped onto the paper. It's not easy to find printers that will provide this type of printing but if you find one that will, the effect will look best on handmade paper.
Another name for typography, letterpress is the opposite of intaglio, or engraved printing. Letterpress is done from line or halftone plates by ordinary typesetting. The ink sits above the surface of the plate, whereas in intaglio printing the ink rests below the surface of the plate. Thus in letterpress, the ink lies flat against the surface of the paper. Letterpress was used to print overprints on US stamps.
A printing process which involves the use of relief plates, the surface of which press against the face material to transfer the inked image. Hard plates and oil based inks are used. Inks are modified when UV curing is involved.
Typographic printing from movable type.
a form of printing in which ink is applied to the raised surface of the type. Then the type and substrate (paper) are pressed together leaving the image on the substrate.
A method of printing from raised surfaces, either metal type or plates whose surfaces have been etched away from image areas. Also called block printing.
a process of printing which is the exact opposite of intaglio, that is, the inked portion of the plate is raised above the surface of the plate, as opposed to be being recessed below it. Letterpress (also see typography) has been used to print overprints on US stamps. It is also used in perfecting (back printing) inscriptions on the gum of many stamps, and to print most modern stamped envelopes.
A method of printing that was used exclusively up until the 1980s and the invention of offset printing. The printing "plate" has a raised surface composed of raised metal letters and other elements which is then inked and pressed mechanically onto the printed sheet.
a relief printing process in which a raised image is inked to produce an impression; the impression is then transferred by placing paper against image and applying pressure.
A centuries-old cumbersome printing process replaced by offset lithography, but that continues to survive as an art form.
the original 'relief' method of printing whereby a raised image or letter is primed with ink before paper is pressed onto it
Printing that utilizes inked raised surfaces to create the image.
A beautiful printing alternative to engraving (but more expensive). The images and typeface appear precise- individually stamped into the paper- and are very rich in color. Letterpress is great if you're using unusual paper, motifs, typeface, or different pigments.
A relief printing method using cast metal type and raised images made on plates. Raised areas are inked and pressed against paper to transfer the text and images.
a printing process using type rather than plates.
Printing done directly from the inked, raised surface of the printing plate or otherwise the process of printing from raised type.
The oldest and simplest of all the printing processes. It is a "relief process", with the image area standing out of the printing plate. Paper is then placed directly onto the inked relief surface, and by applying pressure the ink on the plate transfers from the image to the substrate.
A form of printing in which set type is inked, then impressed directly onto the printing surface. Now used primarily for limited-run books-as-fine-art projects. ( see: offset)
A type of printing using raised type on a platen to transfer ink to paper. Widely used before the invention of offset lithography.
a printing process where ink is transferred from raised areas to the substrate under pressure.
One of the basic methods of printmaking, along with the intaglio and planographic processes, in which the raised areas of the plate comprise the printing surface. The photopolymer plate was originally designed for letterpress printing. If the polymer plate is used for embossing, the thickness of the polymer coating is an essential factor, where the indentation must be as deep as possible. The photographic process does not limit the shape of the relief in any way.
A method of printing where the wrong-reading raised surface of a printing plate is inked and impressed directly onto the paper. There are four types of letterpress presses: platen, flatbed cylinder, rotary and belt.
Printing process which employs a relief or raised inked image which comes into direct contact with the material being printed. Hard relief plates and oil based or Ultra Violet inks are used. Refer NS.
Printing done from cast metal type or plates on which the image or printing areas are raised.
A relief printing method. Printing is done using cast metal type or plates on which the image or printing area are raised above the nonprinting areas. Ink rollers touch only the top surface of the raised areas; the nonprinting areas are lower and do not receive ink. The inked image is transferred directly to the page, resulting in type of images that may actually be depressed or debossed into the paper by the pressure of the press.