letterpress printing

or relief printing or typographic printing

In commercial printing, process by which many copies are produced by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against sheets or a continuous roll of paper. Letterpress is the oldest traditional printing technique, the only important one from the time of Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1450) until lithography (late 18th century) and especially offset printing (early 20th century). The ink-bearing surface for a page of text was originally assembled letter by letter and line by line. The Monotype and Linotype were the first keyboard-activated typesetting machines. Letterpress can produce high-quality work at high speed, but requires much time to prepare and adjust the press. For the sake of speed, newspapers are now printed by the offset process.

relief printing [ri′lēf ‚print·iŋ]

(graphic arts)

A method of printing in which the type or other images stand above the printing surface; even though the lower areas may have ink in them, they do not print because the paper does not contact them.

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New facilities include a gallery, more capacity for screenprinting, etching and relief printing and an education studio where children and adults will join workshops.

We're all making a bolder mark by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Even the youngest students can experience simple forms of relief printing, and the other traditional printmaking methods--intaglio, lithography, and serigraphy--are adaptable to meet the abilities of your students.

ArtEd online by Walkup, Nancy / School Arts

See how a small-scale form of relief printing, developed in Poland after the Second World War, is taken to the next level.

San Francisco Artists Help Preserve the Book Arts; Join Local Artists ... by Business Wire

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