The term "printmaking" that we currently frequently use comes from Japan. Compared to traditional woodblock printing, printmaking specifically refers to original printmaking art works created by artists alone. This way, printmaking has a certain degree of progress compared to traditional woodblock printing. Later, with the establishment of the Academy of Fine Arts, printmaking became an art discipline and gradually enriched

From the perspective of media materials, printmaking should include at least woodblock, copperplate, lithography (PS version), screen version, and digital version; From the perspective of artistic value attributes, printmaking is further divided into original printmaking and replicated printmaking; From the perspective of spatial form, printmaking creation has also moved from two-dimensional to spatial, and even from static to dynamic

Therefore, we have found that the original connotation of "printmaking" can no longer cover the actual situation of printmaking creation. So let's take a look at the development history of "printmaking". In the trend of change, nothing has changed. It is obvious that it is "print" and printing. Therefore, we try to summarize these creative practices with "Print Art", which means printing art

The English word "Print" describes a work process in which the images of a template are printed to complete the final work. From this perspective, printing has extended to printmaking, and in contemporary times, printmaking is also returning to its original artistic form. This return cannot be seen as a regression, but rather a spiral upward trend

Assuming that print art is used instead of printmaking art, we will find that "print" art has clear boundaries and expands on the concept of traditional printmaking. In terms of presentation form, "print" art includes both traditional printmaking types and some emerging technologies, such as digital printmaking, electronic illustration, digital output photogr