Printing

On the next week during lecture class Madam Ling showed us the type of printing . There's five type of Printingw which is Offset lithography, flexography , Gravure , Photogravure and laser printers. Each one of them have their advantage and disadvantages . 

 For Offset printing its the commanly used commercial printing process for the bulk of dekstop publishing on paper . Offset Frequently used for printing on plastic ,foil ,acelate film,brown paper and other material used in packaging.

On the other hand , Flexography is also known as flexographic printing or flexo. Flexography is a form of printing process which utilizes a flexible relief plate. It is essentially a modern version of letterpress which can be used for printing on almost any type of substrate, including plastic, metallic films, cellophane, and paper. It is widely used for printing on the non-porous substrates required for various types of food packaging (it is also well suited for printing large areas of solid colour).

Laser printing attract people to use it because the speed is better then flexography . This printer is usually used for business . Colour lasers can be found at service bureaus and printers and are often used to produce high-resolution colour digital proofs. Adobe postsript capabilities found in many laser printers .

gravure printing is usually used for labels and packaging , competing against flexography .

Photogravure is commanly used in printing for fine arts .