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by TaylorAlexander 2853 days ago
While “PCB” does mean “Printed Circuit Board”, it’s kind of a misnomer. The word “printed” doesn’t really accurately describe the process used to make PCBs.
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They're standard printing techniques, just not "squirt something out of a nozzle" printing. With the exception of drilling and through-hole plating, the processes used in PCB manufacture would be entirely familiar to any experienced printer.
Lithography is a printing process. Machines that make single copies without plates or masks is a newer use of the word.
Depends what type of PCB[1] we're talking about.

[1] https://www.nano-di.com/dragonfly-2020-pro