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DTP Print Production Print Process

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1. Flexo products

2. Screen printing characteristics
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail

3. Offset Lithography
aka Offset
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries

4. Offset characteristics
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
aka Gravure
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's

5. Screen Printing principle
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
resilient - raised - wrong-reading image area on plate; fluid ink - plate attached to plate cylinder w/ double-sided adhesive - product commonly "die-cut"
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure

6. Types of printing companies
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating
thick ink deposit - type of product
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)

7. Rotogravure
aka Gravure
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure

8. Flexo principle
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating

9. Gravure characteristics
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.
aka Flexo
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating

10. Pre-press
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
aka Gravure
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure

11. Digital printing
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
aka Flexo
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs

12. Gravure products
'oil & water don't mix' - plate relies on chemical repulsion of H2O & attraction of ink
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating

13. Screen products
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)
thick ink deposit - type of product

14. Flexo Plate Imaging
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
serrated edge caused by cells
exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed

15. Offset principles

16. Gravure
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
serrated edge caused by cells
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing

17. Flexo characteristics
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
aka Flexo
resilient - raised - wrong-reading image area on plate; fluid ink - plate attached to plate cylinder w/ double-sided adhesive - product commonly "die-cut"
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"

18. Offset Imaging Methods
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)
aka Offset
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)

19. Post-press

20. Rotogravure principle
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
thick ink deposit - type of product

21. Print processes
serrated edge caused by cells
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing

22. 12 cells
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)
comprise period at end of a sentence
'oil & water don't mix' - plate relies on chemical repulsion of H2O & attraction of ink
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing

23. Offset products
aka Flexo
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.

24. Flexo
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
halo
aka Flexo
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries

25. Digital workflow
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
pre-press - press - post-press
aka Flexo

26. Exs of digital printing
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
aka Offset
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.

27. Screen
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
thick ink deposit - type of product

28. Gravure Cylinder Imaging
pre-press - press - post-press
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating
resilient - raised - wrong-reading image area on plate; fluid ink - plate attached to plate cylinder w/ double-sided adhesive - product commonly "die-cut"
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating

29. Allied industries

30. Flexography
aka Flexo
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
comprise period at end of a sentence
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)

31. Screen printing imaging methods
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
aka Offset
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed

32. Laser exposure
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating

33. Print production workflow
pre-press - press - post-press
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.

34. Offset
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
aka Offset
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure