Re: Oven cleaner

>Sorry, Gordon
>
>Missed one part of your question. Yes, any block that
>can be intaglio printed can also be relief printed.
>It's simply a matter of where you put the ink. In
>fact, a single etched plate can simltaneously be
>relief and intaglio printed. In relief printing you
>would use hand rollers usually to apply an even layer
>of ink to the raised surfaces of the plate and avoid
>getting ink into the cracks (the etched or otherwise
>lowered portions of the plate). The relief surfaces
>are usually wiped clean in intaglio printing with the
>ink ONLY in the cracks. Intaglio printing requires
>more pressure and usually uses dampened paper to allow
>the paper to go into the cracks and pull out the ink.
>
>Colin

I have a question. If Paper is dampened w/ water, wouldn't that repel oil
based ink?

Thanks

Mac
Received on Tue Sep 25 15:04:43 2001