Gravure

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Gravure
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• The process
• Uses cylindrical printing plates.
• The plates are usually made of steel and plated
  with copper and a light-sensitive coating.
• The image / text to be printed is etched into the
  plates by a laser in negative form.

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• Uses
• art books
• greeting cards
• Advertising
• Currency
• wrapping paper
• wood laminates
• CD covers

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Left Image taken from www.moura.jp/gravure/mgnet
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• Advantages
• Can do long runs at high press speeds
• multi-colored
• high quality jobs

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The Task
You now have 15 minutes to Draw a diagram of
gravure Describe the gravure printing
process. List what it is used for. Explain 2
advantages of gravure.