According to used in the print version of the material is different, have wood, tablets, zinc plate (aluminum), aluminum, copper plate, nickel, steel, glass, gold stone version edition version, magnesium, plating layers edition version, print, nylon, plastic, rubber, etc.
Wood, stone, glass, etc., because cannot be changed, can only be used in flat bed machine printing. Copper plate, steel plate is used for gravure printing. The rest is used in lithography or rotary presses.
Alloy plate type of aluminum, antimony, tin alloy solution casting of paper type lead or cast for movable type. It has magnesium, aluminum alloy, copper, nickel, alloy, and so on.