relief printing
letterpress

Letterpress printing is a technique of relief printing using a printing press.

In relief printing, a reduction print is a multicolor print in which the separate colors printed from the same block at different stages.

The invention of "cold type" based on photographic processes sped production and cut the high overhead costs of relief printing.

Burnishing can also apply to relief printing.

One of the oldest printing techniques, relief printing has its origins in 8th-century China, and was introduced to Europe in the 15th century.

It was made for intaglio printing, relief printing, and lithography.

Rubber brayers come in varieties of hardness and are primarily used for relief printing.

Contrast with relief printing, and with planographic printing techniques such as lithography.

Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where ink is applied to the face of the block and printed using relatively low pressure.

This technique is used in relief printing.