Placing ink on the printing slab.Using hand-operated or power-driven machines and presses to make prints.Cleaning up the printing slab, press bed and plate using various solvents.

Etching zinc or copper plates for intaglio printing using dilute nitric acid.

Sensitising and curing photosensitive inks and resists.Exposing treated screens for screen printing.

This summer 2018 edition has articles about drones from Airgineers and Skillsupply, 3D printing from Learnbylayers, the future of textiles from the Textiles Academy, food science from the Food Teachers Centre and the Institute of Food Science and Technology, how to make stuff and save money from TechSoft and some H&S tips from our small print.