Print making

Print making is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. print making covers only the process of creating prints that has originality, other than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. 

Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable of producing multiples of same piece, which is called a print , the prints are produced but are not considered as a copy but are known to be a original. 

Prints are created by transferring ink from a matrix or through a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other material such as a fabric. common types of matrices include: metal plates, usually cooper or zinc, or polymer plates for engraving or etching, stone, aluminium, or polymer for lithography blocks of wood for woodcuts and wood engravings and also linoleum for Lino cuts. 

A matrix is a mold for casting a letter known as a sort used in letterpress printing. however printmaking the matrix is used with ink to hold the image that makes up the print wheather a plate in etching and engraving or a woodblock in woodcut.   

Artists like Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol have both used a printing technique.