The most common type of printing is electronic printing. It is also known as computer or digital printing. In this method, a writer, editor, or designer creates pages on a computer screen. Next, laser printers (photocopiers controlled by laser beams) use heat and powdered ink to form an image of the page on a sheet of paper.
Most books are printed from printing plates. In this method, printers transfer the image of several pages to…
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