relief printing

collocation in English

meaningsofreliefandprinting

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relief
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːf/us
/rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or ...
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printing
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.tɪŋ/us
/ˈprɪn.t̬ɪŋ/
the activity or business of producing writing or images on paper or other material with ...
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He developed a pneumaticreliefprintingpress, and formed a company that ran the press.
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There are four traditional types of printing:reliefprinting(with which this article is mainly concerned), intaglio, lithography, and screen process printing.
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Inreliefprinting, a reduction print is a multicolor print in which the separate colors printed from the same block at different stages.
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Woodcut is areliefprintingprocess in which carved raised shapes of wood are inked and then printed on paper.
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The traditional soft ground, requiring solvents for removal from the plate, is replaced with water-basedreliefprintingink.
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Wood engraving is areliefprintingtechnique, with the images made by carving into fine-grained hardwood blocks.
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The matrix inreliefprintingis classically created by starting with a flat original surface, and then removing (e.g., by carving) away areas intended to print white.
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This event, which includes a large-scalereliefprintingproject using a steamroller, is designed to get the community interested and involved in the art of printmaking.
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Functionally a variety of woodcut, it usesreliefprinting, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and prints using relatively low pressure.
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This technique is used inreliefprinting.
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