Ko te horoi tuhinga kaiwhakaawe he mea nui i roto i ngā tuhinga whatu, e mahi ana i waenganui i ngā āhuatanga o te pūnaha tuhinga me te whakatau i ngā āhuatanga o te kōputu i tuhia. E ai ki te whakaaetanga, ko ngā horoi i roto i ngā tuhinga kaiwhakaawe hei whakaiti rānei, hei whakapakari rānei i ngā whatu, ngā kaiwhakapū, me ngā tātai ākitu ā-reta, hei whakamahere i te mea tuhi kia pai ai te whakatakoto ki runga i te tahuhu me te hanga i tētahi kōputu kōtirotiro. Ko te whiriwhiri i te horoi tuhinga kaiwhakaawe ka whakarite i te hiko o te tuhinga, he mea nui tēnei mo te wāhanga pai o te tuhinga i te wā o te hanga. He huarahi tuhinga ā-rerekē ngā momo hanga, pērā i te tuhinga inkjet, flexographic, me te gravure printing, e hiahiatia ana ngā tuhinga me ngā raupapa hiko ā-wā. E whiriwhiria ana ngā horoi me te whakapakari i te hiko o te tuhinga kia tae ki ngā hiahia o ia rautaki tuhinga. Hei tauira, i te tuhinga inkjet, e hiahiatia ana tētahi horoi iti-hiko hei whakamana i te tuhinga kia taea te whakatakoto pai ki runga i ngā noho tuhinga, nā te mea he whakaritenga iti-hiko tēnei. I te tuhinga flexographic, ka hiahiatia tētahi tuhinga weherua hiko nui ake hei whakamana i te whakawhiti pai ki runga i te tahuhu. Ko te hunga hoki o ngā horoi i te hiwi o te tuhinga. Ko ngā horoi pakaruhe me te paunga iti ka hupepa haere ki te mōhio, me te whakamana i te tuhinga kia hupepa haere ki runga i te tahuhu. Ko tēnei āhuatanga hupepa nui i te whakaaro i waenganui i ngā wāhanga tuhinga, nā te mea ka whakamana i ngā wāhanga whakaputu haere me te whakaiti i te take o te whakapae rānei. Heoi anō, ka whakaritea te hiwi ki te whakamana i te whakapae pai o te tuhinga me te whakaora i te whanaketanga kaiwhakaawe. Mēnā ka hupepa haere te horoi nui te mea, ka puta mai ngā take pērā i te kore tuhinga ki roto i te tahuhu rānei, me te hupepa kauwhau, e whakamomori ana i te kōputu i tuhia. Hei tūāpapa atu, ko te mahi nui hoki o ngā horoi tuhinga kaiwhakaawe i roto i te whakawehewehe whatu. Kei a rātou te mahi hei whakakore i ngā pūtau whatu me te whakamahi i a rātou i waenganui i te tuhinga, hei whakamahi i te whakangāwari whatu pai. Ko ngā whatu pai whakawehewehe ka whakamahia i te whakapakari tuhinga pai me te whakapakari kotahi. Ko te mea nui hoki o ngā horoi, kei a rātou te whakamahi i te whakarite pai i ngā tahuhu ā-reta. Ka whai āheinga nui ētahi horoi ki ētahi whenua, ka whakapakari i te whakapae tuhinga me te whakapae pai i aua tahuhu. Heoi anō, ko te whakamahi i ngā horoi tuhinga kaiwhakaawe tuku iho, ēngari e āhei ana ki ngā take hauora me te taiao, ka whakapakari i ngā whakamaharatanga taiao me te hauora. Nā tēnei, ka whai whakanuitanga tēnei ki te hanga i ngā horoi pai rawa ake, pērā i ngā horoi bio-rānei, rānei ko ngā whakawai VOC iti. Ko ēnei horoi pai taiao e whai ana ki te whakaiti i te take taiao o te tuhinga, nā te mea ka whakamana i te whakapakari me te pai o ngā kōputu i tuhia.