Commercial Printing Processes
- Created by: Niamh Bush
- Created on: 28-04-13 12:11
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- Commercial Printing Processes
- Gravure
- High speed printing, excess ink evaporates
- Able to print on a variety of materials including plastics, papers and boards
- Able to replicate colours consistently
- Very expensive setup costs
- The chemicals used have a negative environmental impact
- Lithography
- Relatively Inexpensive
- Relatively High Quality
- Widely Available
- Able to print on a wide variety of papers and boards
- Able to print on both sides of a sheet
- Not as high quality as gravure
- The chemicals used have a negative environmental impact
- Can only be used on flat surfaces
- Screen Printing
- Extremely versatile, can print on virtually any material
- Able to print on non-flat surfaces
- Relatively inexpensive for low volume print runs
- Not as high quality as lthography or gravure
- The inks take a long time to dry
- Colours can be inconsistent
- Flexography
- Relatively Inexpensive
- Relatively High Printing Speed
- Able to print on a variety of materials including plastics, foils, laminates, papers and boards
- Not as high quality as lithography or gravure
- The chemicals used have a negative environmental impact
- Colours can be inconsistent
- Digital Printing
- Extremely versatile, no two copies are the same
- Relatively Inexpensive
- It can print on a range of materials
- Colours can be inconsistent
- Not as high quality as lithography or gravure
- Gravure
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