Lithography
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Lithography is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by
A lithograph of Charles Marion Russell's The Custer Fight (1903), with the range of tones fading toward the edges.
This very early colour lithograph from 1835 uses large washes of orange and cyan with black ink providing the details.
A lithographer at work, 1880.
Lithography machine in Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Offset printing
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Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic
Web-fed offset lithographic press at speed
CMYK four color offset printing on fabric
CMYK colors of offset printing on a paper
Negative lithographic printing plate