Production process of block printing technology

The technological process of block printing is extremely complicated, which can be roughly divided into four links, and each link has several processes. Yangzhou Guangling Ancient Books Engraving Society has the only complete printing process of ancient books engraving in China, with more than 20 processes, which exudes a quaint and elegant cultural atmosphere.

1, material preparation, that is, plate making, paper preparation and ink preparation;

2, lettering, that is, writing, changing, installing and engraving;

3. Printing and color matching;

4. Binding.

Sculpture includes monochrome printing and multicolor overprint. This technology was first used to print paper money in the Southern Song Dynasty. The earliest two-color overprint was the diamond sutra note dated 134 1. In the Ming dynasty, two-color and multi-color overprinter books were widely used, and Hu was the first to print them, which could reproduce color paintings. Prints in the early Qing Dynasty used this technique to overprint colorful New Year pictures, among which Yangliuqing, Yangjiabu and Taohuawu were famous.