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Low-Tech Print
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Low-Tech Print

by Caspar Williamson
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
6h 8m
English
Laurence King
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Glossary

Adana – Small printing press manufacturer in Britain between 1922 and 1999. Operated by hand and popular with hobbyists and stationers.

Albion Press – Iron hand-press used for relief printing. A variation of a platen-type press but with knuckle-and-lever mechanism.

Baren – A hand-held tool used to burnish paper once placed on an inked block

Bite – Term used to describe the etching, or incising, of the image on the paper from a form.

Bitmap – A computer image mode that reduces all information to either black or white. Both diffusion dither and halftone bitmap modes are popular variables of bitmaps used in image preparation.

Blankets – Woven felt blankets used on an etching press. Usually three blankets are used: the top blanket – the ...

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