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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1358645, member: 19065"]No, block printing is done on a substrate of wood or linoleum and is a form of <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_print" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_print" rel="nofollow">'relief printing'</a></b> in which ink is typically applied by a roller over the surface of the substrate. The areas of the design cut away, the negative space, does not get printed, while the flat raised (in relief) areas holding ink transfer ink to the paper when pressure is applied. There are significant differences to traditional hand printing methods from Western and Eastern (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing_in_Japan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing_in_Japan" rel="nofollow">moku hanga</a> & <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukiyo-e" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukiyo-e" rel="nofollow">Ukiyo-e </a>for example) styles of wood block prints, but both carve into a flat plane creating negative and positive zones which print a design or hold no design.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intaglio_(printmaking)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intaglio_(printmaking)" rel="nofollow"><b>Intaglio </b></a>is primarily a Western invention, and is a process of printing engraved or chemically (acid) etched plates, usually copper, zinc or (electro-chemically) steel plated metal sheets (plates). Damp paper is then laid over a flat metal plate affixed or positioned on a press, then significant heavy pressure is exerted by a press which rolls over the press bed. As the surface of the plate has a shallow etched or gouged (engraved) design in it, when sticky ink has been wiped across the surface of the plate, this ink is caught in the grooves and shallow areas. The unetched/unengraved flat surface of the plate has the ink wiped cleanly away, prior to placing the plate on the press. The damp paper then is forced down into the grooves and lifts the ink from the plate and transfers the design to the paper. The ink can appear raised from the surface of the paper in intaglio printing.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I have described is the basic differences and traditional processes of relief and intaglio printing. There have been scores of innovations which have modernized and industrialized the printing process. In modern note printing in the US, since the early 1950s, US notes which are intaglio printed, are printed on dry (not damp) papers. There are many many innovations to printing techniques and advancing the production capabilities of intaglio processes which go far beyond traditional processes. Too many to detail quickly here. You can search these terms online, on the B.E.P. web site<a href="http://www.moneyfactory.gov/uscurrency/theproductionprocess.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.moneyfactory.gov/uscurrency/theproductionprocess.html" rel="nofollow"> moneyfactory.gov</a> or by simple keyword searches in Google for instance to find out more. To see examples of traditional printmaking techniques, that simplify these processes, poke around on YouTube and you can find artists in printmaking studios demonstrating tools and techniques.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for tools, one uses various knives and chisels to carve wood. For metal engraving one uses burins. For intaglio, there are many many techniques for achieving different surface treatments that hold ink: drypoint refers to scratching thin lines on the surface of a plate, aquatint describes a fine resin powder that helps to create a granulated even tone, various tar based grounds may be painted on plates to resist acid, or waxes applied and drawn into to expose lines of metal which acid may etch into these lines. Again, just keyword search some of these terms to get some examples of different types of print techniques.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1358645, member: 19065"]No, block printing is done on a substrate of wood or linoleum and is a form of [B][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_print"]'relief printing'[/URL][/B] in which ink is typically applied by a roller over the surface of the substrate. The areas of the design cut away, the negative space, does not get printed, while the flat raised (in relief) areas holding ink transfer ink to the paper when pressure is applied. There are significant differences to traditional hand printing methods from Western and Eastern ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing_in_Japan"]moku hanga[/URL] & [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukiyo-e"]Ukiyo-e [/URL]for example) styles of wood block prints, but both carve into a flat plane creating negative and positive zones which print a design or hold no design. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intaglio_(printmaking)"][B]Intaglio [/B][/URL]is primarily a Western invention, and is a process of printing engraved or chemically (acid) etched plates, usually copper, zinc or (electro-chemically) steel plated metal sheets (plates). Damp paper is then laid over a flat metal plate affixed or positioned on a press, then significant heavy pressure is exerted by a press which rolls over the press bed. As the surface of the plate has a shallow etched or gouged (engraved) design in it, when sticky ink has been wiped across the surface of the plate, this ink is caught in the grooves and shallow areas. The unetched/unengraved flat surface of the plate has the ink wiped cleanly away, prior to placing the plate on the press. The damp paper then is forced down into the grooves and lifts the ink from the plate and transfers the design to the paper. The ink can appear raised from the surface of the paper in intaglio printing. What I have described is the basic differences and traditional processes of relief and intaglio printing. There have been scores of innovations which have modernized and industrialized the printing process. In modern note printing in the US, since the early 1950s, US notes which are intaglio printed, are printed on dry (not damp) papers. There are many many innovations to printing techniques and advancing the production capabilities of intaglio processes which go far beyond traditional processes. Too many to detail quickly here. You can search these terms online, on the B.E.P. web site[URL="http://www.moneyfactory.gov/uscurrency/theproductionprocess.html"] moneyfactory.gov[/URL] or by simple keyword searches in Google for instance to find out more. To see examples of traditional printmaking techniques, that simplify these processes, poke around on YouTube and you can find artists in printmaking studios demonstrating tools and techniques. As for tools, one uses various knives and chisels to carve wood. For metal engraving one uses burins. For intaglio, there are many many techniques for achieving different surface treatments that hold ink: drypoint refers to scratching thin lines on the surface of a plate, aquatint describes a fine resin powder that helps to create a granulated even tone, various tar based grounds may be painted on plates to resist acid, or waxes applied and drawn into to expose lines of metal which acid may etch into these lines. Again, just keyword search some of these terms to get some examples of different types of print techniques.[/QUOTE]
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