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Printing processes

There are innumerable printing processes to cover the wide variety of needs, even in printed electronics. Those in this encyclopaedia include:
 
  • Printing Processes
  • Flexography
  • Letterpress
  • Soft Lithography
  • Gravure
  • Pad
  • Offset Lithography
  • Screen
  • Ink-jet
  • Electrophotography
  • Thermal/Laser
  • Micropen
  • Transfer printing
  • Dip pen nanolithography
 
The options break down into those where the feature that applies the ink is raised (a), depressed (B) or neither, examples being a flat surface (c), using a stencil (d) and jetting ink as in (e).
 
For more see Printing technology - raised, Printing technology - depressed and Printing technology - other.
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