Which printing process uses raised printing surfaces?

Which printing process uses raised printing surfaces?

• A. Letterpress
• B. Screen Printing
• C. Digital Printing
• D. Flexography

Answer: (A)

Raised printing surfaces describe relief printing, where the image or text sits on top of the surface and transfers ink by pressing onto the substrate. The process that uses these raised surfaces is letterpress: ink is applied to the raised type or plate, and paper is pressed against it so the ink from those raised areas is transferred, creating the printed impression with clear, tactile edges. Screen printing, in contrast, uses a stencil on a mesh and ink is pushed through openings rather than being picked up from a raised surface. Digital printing prints directly from a digital file without a raised printing plate. Flexography also uses a relief plate, but on a flexible substrate, which is a different application from the traditional raised-impression look of letterpress.

Raised printing surfaces describe relief printing, where the image or text sits on top of the surface and transfers ink by pressing onto the substrate. The process that uses these raised surfaces is letterpress: ink is applied to the raised type or plate, and paper is pressed against it so the ink from those raised areas is transferred, creating the printed impression with clear, tactile edges.

Screen printing, in contrast, uses a stencil on a mesh and ink is pushed through openings rather than being picked up from a raised surface. Digital printing prints directly from a digital file without a raised printing plate. Flexography also uses a relief plate, but on a flexible substrate, which is a different application from the traditional raised-impression look of letterpress.