A zinc plate is a metal plate that is used in lithography and intaglio printing. Zinc plates were often used as a substitute for stone, aluminum and copper plates but nowadays, they are not used as frequently as before. They came to be used in pl

Copper plate is a plate of copper pressed out for use in copperplate (intaglio) printing. In days gone by, iron plate was used for intaglio printing but copper came to be used from around the late 1400's when artists such as Dürer were actively pr

Aluminum Litho plates are metallic (aluminum) plates that are used for lithograph prints; when one roughens one face in order to turn it into a surface for printing. Although stones were originally used for lithographic prints, a number of problem