Screen printing is a process where ink is forced through a mesh screen onto a surface. Making certain areas of the screen impervious to printing ink creates a stencil, which blocks the printing ink from passing through the screen. The ink that passes through forms the printed image.
Fine art photographic printing / archival pigment printing / giclée describes a fine art digital printing process using pigment-based inks with archival quality paper to achieve giclée prints of superior archival quality, light fastness, and stability.
Intaglio is an umbrella term given to all printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink, which is later transferred to a paper substrate by use of a printing press.
Relief printing methods involve printing blocks, plates or matrices, which have had ink applied to the non-recessed surface, being brought into contact with paper. The non-recessed surface will leave ink on the paper, whereas the recessed areas will not.
Monoprinting allows clients to create an edition with variations between prints, while a monotype produces a unique, single-print impressions. This technique is known for its spontaneous, painterly quality.
Prints can be embellished with processes such as embossing or debossing, metallic leaf, flocking, or special ink systems. Prints can then be trimmed by hand or torn to create a deckled edge.