Lithography printmaking is a planographic technique that was predicated on the immiscibility of water and oil at the time. The printing is done on a smooth-surfaced stone or metal plate. It was devised in 1796 by Alois Senefelder, a German playwright, and performer, and was first used primarily for orchestral music and maps. Text or images can be printed using lithography on either paper or other materials. A lithograph is a lithographic print; however, the name is exclusively applied to fine art prints and a few other, largely older forms of printed materials, not to those produced by current commercial lithography.