What is the difference between lithographic and screen-printing?
Lithographic printing is the most common form of commercial printing. This is based on the principle of that oil and water does not mix. A litho printing plate has non-image areas that absorb water. During printing the plate is kept wet so the greasy ink is rejected by the wet areas and adheres to the image areas. Screen-printing is a process where ink is transferred to the printing surface by being squeezed through a fine fabric sheet. The screen carries a stencil that defines the image area. This process is most suitable for short runs. This process is used for golds, silvers and solid flood base colours. Screenprinting, or serigraphy, previously known as Silkscreening is a printmaking technique that traditionally creates a sharp-edged image using a stencil and a porous fabric. A screenprint or serigraph is an image created using this technique. It is related to resist dyeing on cloth. It began as an industrial technology, and was adopted by American graphic artists in the 1930s; the
