Use for processes in which an image, pictorial or textual, is transferred, usually to paper or cloth, most often by means of a plate, block, stone, or screen. Use also for the making of photographic prints and, with computers, for the production of a paper copy of stored data. For the production of prints in a fine arts context, prefer "printmaking."
This term has 2,069 records attributed within our system.
AAT
Technique
Role
300053319
<bookprinting and related printing processes and techniques>
inkjet
intaglio printing
laser printing
lithographic printing
planographic printing
relief printing
screen printing
transfer printing
14yrs ago
Publisher: St Dominic's Press
Author:
Aeschylus
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Translater:
Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
Contributor:
Warner, Rex
Publisher:
Heritage Press
Author:
Basile, Giambattista
Translator:
Burton, Richard Francis
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Spring Books
Author:
Bridson, D. G
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Rampant Lions Press
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Carter, Sebastian
Paper maker:
Börjeson, Ingeborg
Printer:
Stellar Press
Author:
Kennedy, Richard
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Paper maker:
Wookey Hole Paper Mill
Binder (person):
Hunter and Foulis
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