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DTP Print Production Print Process

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Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Exs of digital printing
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate

2. Allied industries

3. Flexo products

4. Print production workflow
pre-press - press - post-press
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 & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed

5. Gravure Cylinder Imaging
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
halo
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade

6. 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
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
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7. Types of printing companies
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anything that happens to print job after it's printed
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.

8. Flexo Plate Imaging
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
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exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed
aka Offset

9. Rotogravure principle
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"

10. Pre-press
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
halo
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
printing on a printing press for mass distribution

11. Offset
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"

12. Digital workflow
aka Flexo
aka Offset
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print

13. Offset Imaging Methods
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
pre-press - press - post-press
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
'oil & water don't mix' - plate relies on chemical repulsion of H2O & attraction of ink

14. Flexo
halo
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)
exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed

15. Offset Lithography
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
aka Offset
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating

16. Offset characteristics
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
comprise period at end of a sentence
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
printing on a printing press for mass distribution

17. Screen printing imaging methods
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
serrated edge caused by cells
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
aka Gravure

18. Digital printing
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print

19. Gravure
aka Offset
serrated edge caused by cells
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
halo

20. Flexo principle
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
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
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries

21. Laser exposure
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"

22. Gravure characteristics
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
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.

23. Rotogravure
thick ink deposit - type of product
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
aka Gravure
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"

24. Offset products
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
serrated edge caused by cells
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
comprise period at end of a sentence

25. Gravure products
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print

26. Offset principles

27. Flexography
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
aka Flexo

28. Screen
thick ink deposit - type of product
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
serrated edge caused by cells
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver

29. Print processes
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.
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
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing

30. Screen products
'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
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)

31. 12 cells
pre-press - press - post-press
comprise period at end of a sentence
aka Gravure
aka Flexo

32. Post-press

33. Flexo characteristics
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
resilient - raised - wrong-reading image area on plate; fluid ink - plate attached to plate cylinder w/ double-sided adhesive - product commonly "die-cut"
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)

34. Screen printing characteristics
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)