| Printing is one of those inventions that have | | | | The typography is instead the technology to |
| revolutionized our world, and though it is now | | | | produce printed text using a grid of movable or |
| done with very different methods from those | | | | inked plates. By extension, it also indicates the |
| used by Luther, it remains one of the | | | | factory where the action is explicit, and the craft |
| fundamental practices in our society. | | | | or industry related. |
| None of us could imagine our daily lives if printing | | | | One technique that has been widespread in recent |
| had not been invented, but for us it is a | | | | years is that of flexographic printing. This is a |
| phenomenon so obvious that we do not even | | | | printing process that has recently experienced a |
| notice it. From newspapers, books, the covers of | | | | remarkable development, suitable for the |
| magazines, of books, dictionaries, clothes, down to | | | | production of newspapers and flexible packaging |
| the different labels, printing is an art that | | | | film, plastic, paper and cardboard. The flow of |
| pervades our entire day. Of course, for each of | | | | flexographic printing is identical to that of offset |
| these moments are used different techniques, as | | | | printing, but the arrays are flexible and soft |
| well as printing equipment used are very different. | | | | material (rubber and resin polymer) and can be |
| For example, serigraphy or screen printing is an | | | | created directly from the computer or through |
| artistic printing technique of images and graphics | | | | films. |
| on any material or surface through the use of a | | | | Another method, recently came into vogue is |
| fabric (fabric printing), by depositing the ink on a | | | | digital printing, it is in fact a name that gathers |
| support through the free areas of tissue. The | | | | different systems in which data is transferred |
| term "screen" comes from the Latin word | | | | directly from computer to the printing press, |
| "serious" (silk) and the greek "grafein" (write or | | | | sheet or roll fed without the use of films or |
| draw), given that the first fabric that served as | | | | plates. The dye is in powder or liquid toner (for |
| stencils were of silk. The artisanal and industrial | | | | laser machine), ink printer (for machines inkjet), |
| screen printing as a technique has been adopted | | | | pigments (for sublimation machine). |
| also in the artistic and business field since the | | | | Now some machines and techniques used in these |
| early twentieth century. In trade it is mainly used | | | | processes are very diverse, faster, more modern |
| to print images on silk fabrics, T-shirts, scarves, | | | | and safer, but we should still never forget the |
| hats, CDs, DVDs, ceramics, glass, polypropylene, | | | | importance that has had this invention, we can |
| polyethylene, paper, metal and wood. | | | | now see in so many aspects of our lives daily. |