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DTP Print Production Print Process

Subject : it-skills

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Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Screen 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)
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
thick ink deposit - type of product

2. Allied industries

3. Flexo
halo
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
thick ink deposit - type of product
pre-press - press - post-press

4. Offset
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
aka Offset
printing on a printing press for mass distribution

5. Gravure Cylinder Imaging
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
pre-press - press - post-press

6. Print processes
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
pre-press - press - post-press
aka Offset

7. Flexo characteristics
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
resilient - raised - wrong-reading image area on plate; fluid ink - plate attached to plate cylinder w/ double-sided adhesive - product commonly "die-cut"

8. Flexo products

9. Rotogravure
aka Gravure
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate

10. Offset characteristics
pre-press - press - post-press
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
aka Gravure
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs

11. Gravure
serrated edge caused by cells
thick ink deposit - type of product
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
aka Flexo

12. Rotogravure principle
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
serrated edge caused by cells

13. Gravure products
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
aka Flexo
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)

14. Digital workflow
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
aka Flexo
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing

15. Laser exposure
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)

16. Post-press

17. Screen Printing principle
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
'oil & water don't mix' - plate relies on chemical repulsion of H2O & attraction of ink
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"

18. Offset Imaging Methods
resilient - raised - wrong-reading image area on plate; fluid ink - plate attached to plate cylinder w/ double-sided adhesive - product commonly "die-cut"
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
pre-press - press - post-press
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure

19. Print production workflow
pre-press - press - post-press
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
aka Gravure

20. Offset principles

21. Offset products
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
thick ink deposit - type of product

22. Gravure characteristics
pre-press - press - post-press
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
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.

23. Pre-press
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
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs

24. Types of printing companies
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
halo

25. Screen printing imaging methods
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
thick ink deposit - type of product
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas

26. Flexo principle
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
thick ink deposit - type of product
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating

27. Offset Lithography
'oil & water don't mix' - plate relies on chemical repulsion of H2O & attraction of ink
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)
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure

28. Screen
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
serrated edge caused by cells
thick ink deposit - type of product

29. 12 cells
comprise period at end of a sentence
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.
'oil & water don't mix' - plate relies on chemical repulsion of H2O & attraction of ink

30. Screen printing characteristics
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
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)
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail

31. Flexography
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
aka Flexo
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

32. Exs of digital printing
halo
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
aka Offset

33. Digital printing
resilient - raised - wrong-reading image area on plate; fluid ink - plate attached to plate cylinder w/ double-sided adhesive - product commonly "die-cut"
comprise period at end of a sentence
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure

34. Flexo Plate Imaging
exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas