"What is the role of print media in the digital age?" - Group Task

Print media - In the art of printmaking, "media" tends to refer to the technique used to create a print
Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints that have an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting.

Digital print - used by computers, perhaps photoshop and other adobe programmes.

Analogue print - screenprint, woodcut, engraving, etching, mezzotint, lithography etc

Dan Hays, Nuclear Winter - 2009. This is a digital print. Used with pixels to create a whole image which is more recognisable from a further viewing distance.

Jim Dine. A woodetching print.

There are pros and cons to both methods of printing:

• Analogue printing has a authenticity that it is one of a kind and originality, no same print will look exactly the same whereas digital print has the option to make thousands of the same print (which could also be a pro).
• Digital printing can be more exact to how you want it to look - however this could be a hindrance because an accident with analogue print could open your eyes to a new process or look that you might want to explore.
• Analogue printing could be a waste of time and money if something goes wrong, however with digital print you have the option to do it over as soon as it goes wrong without any particular cost.