适合印制高品质及价值昂贵的印刷品，不论是彩色或是黑白图片，凹版印刷效果都能与摄影照片相媲美。由于制版费昂贵，印量必须大，故也是在普遍方法中较少采用的一种。适用于印制有价证券、股票、礼券、商业性信誉之凭证或文具等。
It is suitable for printing high-quality and expensive printing materials. Whether it is color or black and white pictures, the intaglio printing effect is comparable to that of photographic photos. Due to the high cost of plate making, the printing capacity must be large, so it is also one of the less commonly used methods. It is suitable for printing securities, stocks, gift certificates, certificates of commercial reputation or stationery.
科技发展迅速，今天我们可通过计算机采用某些上述的印刷方法直接在媒体上输出。而静电成象及激光技术的成熟使小批量高素质要求的"按需印刷"可以实现。
With the rapid development of science and technology, we can use some of the above printing methods to output directly on the media. With the development of electrostatic imaging and laser technology, "on-demand printing" with high quality in small batch can be realized.
其他印刷方式
Other printing methods
1.转移印刷：印色先印在一种媒介物上，再由媒介物转移至承印物上的印刷方法。
1. Transfer printing: a printing method in which the color is first printed on a medium and then transferred from the medium to the substrate.
2.木刻水印：也称木版水印。将制图分刻成若干块印版，然后用水溶性图画色料印刷的一种传统工艺。
2. Woodcut watermark: also known as woodblock watermark. A traditional process in which a drawing is divided into several plates and then printed with water-soluble pigment.
3.石版印刷：简称石印。用石头作印版的平版直接印刷工艺。
3. Lithography: lithography for short. Direct lithography in which stones are used as plates.
4.珂罗版印刷：又称玻璃版印刷。用厚玻璃涂布感光层，用阴图曝光形成不同的吸水性。利用油水互斥原理印刷。
4. Collotype printing: also known as glass plate printing. The photosensitive layer is coated with thick glass and exposed with negative image to form different water absorption. Printing with the principle of oil water mutual exclusion.