Talk:Lithography

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By Bomb of Ludhiana PB10 AF 707

Please write your own. Contribution deleted as copyright violation by mikka (t) 06:01, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 The Principle - What is Lithography? 2 If I'm wrong... 3 Some of the people 4 Crayons

[edit] The Principle - What is Lithography?

I don't really know anything about lithography, and this page doesn't help me much. I'd expect a somewhat clearer description under "The Principle" but the statement confused the both of us reading the article.

I'd attempt to repair it myself, but I don't really know lithography. I just thought I'd point out that this article is rather confusing to someone without experience in this field.

69.198.109.233 23:48, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

It was always taught to me as a "chemical relief" process. I think if this were better explained in the article it would be clearer to those unfamiliar with the medium. I might be able to contribute something here. AR 17:59, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Go for it. And it wouldn't hurt if the article were shaken up a little, to make a gentler lead in for the casual reader. It's pretty densely written at the moment. JackyR 20:07, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

"Chemical relief": I've looked into this, and while some means of preparing a lithographic plate could be described as "chemical relief", the phrase is also used for etching intaglio plates. So to avoid confusion, would it be better to create an article (or § in "Intaglio") describing this, and then mention it briefly in "Lithography"? JackyR 14:52, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

I rewrote "The Principle" but the rest of the article is still confusing. Does "The Chemical Process" refer to an image tranfer from plate to paper or to the developement of a plate?--drew1718 13:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] If I'm wrong...

I've included decorated CDs in the list of lithographically-printed objects. But I'm not 100% sure, so change if you think I'm wrong or can think of a less ambiguous non-paper example, please change. JackyR 01:29, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Some of the people

It might be useful to discuss some of the famous artists who used lith. I came to this page after reading into M.C. Escher, who used them extensivley. It would be grand if someone added stuff. Semath

[edit] Crayons

Somewhere along the line in my career, probably college, I acquired 'lithographic crayons', but never used them. How do theyie into this article? Are they separate, and htus should go under 'see also', or a part of this process, and deserving of a section here? ThuranX 17:07, 2 October 2006 (UTC)