What is the difference between woodblock printing and lithographic printing of ancient books

The difference between woodblock printing and lithographic printing of ancient books is mainly manifested in the following two aspects:

1.The materials used to make it are different: woodblock printing uses wooden materials, while lithographic printing uses slate or marble as the material.

2.The production process is different: the engraving of woodblock printing is to use a woodcut knife to carve the desired patterns and words on the wooden board, then apply ink or pigment to the plate, and then put the paper on the plate to print.

In lithographic printing, the engraving uses a special acid to engrave patterns and words on a slate or marble, and then ink or pigment is applied to the plate, and then the paper is placed on the plate to print.

Also, according to some points of view, it is possible to know how to distinguish lithographs from lead prints:

1.You can look at the borders: if the borders are connected together, it is a lead stamp, and if the borders are together, it is a lithograph.

2.You can observe the color: if the color is darker than the general one, it is the lead print, because the ink of the lead print is thicker, and if it is a lithograph, the color is the same as the general book color.

To sum up, the main difference between woodblock printing and lithographic printing of ancient books is the production materials and production processes. When distinguishing between lithographs and lead stamps, you can look at the border and observe the color.

Woodblock printing and engraving printing are both traditional printmaking techniques, and the difference between them is mainly in the different plates.

Woodblock printing is a printing technique that uses the wooden board as the layout, uses a knife to engrave the patterns and lines to be left on the wooden board, then paints ink on the wooden board, and finally embosses the wooden board on the paper bucket to complete the wild sale. Woodblock printing requires the use of special tools such as wood carving knives, so it is relatively difficult to make, but because wood is a natural material, it can express a rich pattern and texture, making the work more natural.

Engraving printing is a printing technique that makes hard materials such as metal (such as copper or zinc), plastic, resin, etc., makes patterns and words on the layout through engraving, etching, chemical processing, etc., and then applies ink to the layout, and then uses a printing press to print the patterns on the layout onto the paper. Since the layout is usually made of metal, the layout is relatively rigid and durable, which can achieve high-quality large-scale printing.

1. With paper and binding, engraving printing will never have a mechanism for paper printing, that is, there are yellow spots on the paper. In addition, there is a difference in the paper used for the cover.

2. The book printing of photocopies should be more consistent than that of engraving printing 3. There will never be unevenness on the paper surface of the photocopy (that is, the position of the word is concave), and some photocopies will have oil stains in the plate frame (the white paper copy of the "Four Serials" is more obvious), and the engraving printing is ink brush printing, and there will never be.

4. Occasionally, there will be residual hairs on the inside of the leaves of the book leaves, while photocopies generally do not.

In a word: look more and find more differences.

If it is a movable type, except for the second one, be careful, the rest will apply.

1. Except for about 20 original printed books, the rest have a slight uneven ink color, and the monochrome photocopies are unified.

2. There is a slight convex feeling at the place where the words are printed by hand in the authentic ancient books, which is the result of the word pressure of the Yang version (especially the first printing) The photocopy is printed with a flatbed (whether it is a Koro version, a slate, or an offset plate), without any concave and convex feeling.

3. There are occasional residual hairs of brown brushes on the back of authentic ancient books, and photocopies will never have them!

4. Authentic ancient books are rarely printed on rice paper Contemporary photocopied ancient books mostly use rice paper, and it is a mechanism for publicity.