### competitive industry:

Printing
* Some printing presses use lead type because it can be easily shaped.
* belongs with sculpture and epigraphy.
* causes the emulsion to break down where dust is present.
* competitive industry.
* constitutes the third largest manufacturing industry in the United States.
* custom manufacturing industry.
* high-energy use.
* high-tech process, but it is the people who count.
* is also a slow process when a lot of people are trying to print.
* is an age old process of applying ink to a substrate, like paper for instance
  - art with many variables in the printing process
  - commercial enterprises
  - especially important in a school environment
  - localized coloration that also achieves multi-colored effects
  - one of the technologies which has changed the world
* is the reproduction of materials for publishing or for internal use
  - second oldest profession in the world
  - therefore the continuation of writing by mechanical means
* manufacturing process that requires a commitment to relatively expensive equipment.
* matter of rolling out the ink on the block until it is loaded with ink.
+ Lead, Uses, As an element: chemical elements :: metals
  * Lead is used in the ballast of sailboats. It is also used in weight belts for scuba diving. It is also used to make shotgun pellets and bullets for small arms. Some printing presses use lead type because it can be easily shaped. It can be used outside because it does not corrode in water.
  * Printing is one of the technologies which has changed the world. It is an efficient way to multiply writing, so that copies may be made available to all people. Printing is therefore the continuation of writing by mechanical means.

### competitive industry | printing:

Book printing
* is specific with regard to sizes, page count, inks, photos, prepress, etc.
* process that is unique to printing.
* very specific type of printing.

Edition
* are groups
  - impressions
  - issues
* is printing
+ Petrushka, Story: Ballets choreographed by Michel Fokine :: Ballets Russes productions :: Ballets starring Nijinsky :: Compositions by Igor Stravinsky
  * When Petrushka sees her, he begins a display of frantic gestures and athletic leaps. The Ballerina is frightened and hurries away. Petrushka falls to the floor in despair. The clarinets mock him. A trumpet call signals the end of the scene. Editions russes de musique, n.d.

### competitive industry | printing | edition:

Extra
* are artifacts
  - companies
  - editions
* is an edition

Limited edition
* are editions.
* is an edition

Gravure
* is printing
* transfers an image from sunken areas cut into the surface of a cylinder.

Laser printing
* is much less expensive than photocopying
  - the most common technology used by network color printers
* new technology that uses a four-color process to reproduce images.
* produces images that are heat fused to the paper and are waterproof and durable.

Relief printing
* encompasses a broad range of techniques and possibilities for artists and designers.
* involves a print matrix which has a raised surface.
* is one of the oldest printmaking techniques
  - the oldest printing technique

Screen printing
* involves stretching a porous mesh material over a frame to form a screen.
* is the ideal process for producing items for clubs and groups
  - most adaptable and versatile printing medium
* makes it possible to print on the substrates with various shapes and sizes.
* versatile and relatively cheap method of creating designs on suitable garments.

Thermal printing
* is similar in appearance to a laser printer's printing on paper.
* non-impact method of coating images on paper and synthetic film.
* uses no consumables other than thermal paper.