Printmaking was originally used to communicate. Exceptional technical characteristics make it a valuable artistic medium. The artist creates an image on a flat surface to make a print. To create an original print the artist inks the surface and presses it onto paper. Printmaking is the process of printing artworks Usually on paper but also fabric wood metal and other surfaces. … Except for monotyping all printing processes can produce identical multiples from the same artwork. The works thus produced are called prints or “impressions”.###Printmaking was originally used to communicate. Exceptional technical characteristics make it a valuable artistic medium. The artist creates an image on a flat surface to make a print. To create an original print the artist inks the surface and presses it onto paper. Printmaking is the process of printing artworks Usually on paper but also fabric wood metal and other surfaces. … Except for monotyping all printing processes can produce identical multiples from the same artwork. The works thus produced are called prints or “impressions”.