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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. Digital workflow
'converted' products like labels - packaging - cartons - bags (chips) - sacks - stickers - a few large metro newspapers - etc.
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
aka Gravure
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver

2. Screen
thick ink deposit - type of product
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)

3. Flexography
halo
aka Flexo
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"

4. Screen printing imaging methods
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
aka Flexo
thick ink deposit - type of product
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's

5. Flexo
halo
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
'oil & water don't mix' - plate relies on chemical repulsion of H2O & attraction of ink

6. Offset products
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
aka Flexo
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)

7. Rotogravure principle
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
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
aka Flexo

8. Flexo Plate Imaging
exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed
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"
'oil & water don't mix' - plate relies on chemical repulsion of H2O & attraction of ink

9. Screen Printing principle
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
serrated edge caused by cells
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)

10. Offset Lithography
aka Offset
serrated edge caused by cells
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
anything that happens to print job after it's printed

11. Flexo principle
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"

12. Post-press

13. Gravure characteristics
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas

14. Print production workflow
pre-press - press - post-press
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing

15. Screen printing characteristics
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
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure

16. Digital printing
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate

17. Offset
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"

18. Pre-press
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
comprise period at end of a sentence
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"

19. Offset Imaging Methods
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
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure

20. Laser exposure
aka Gravure
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen printing"
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate

21. 12 cells
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
comprise period at end of a sentence
'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

22. Flexo characteristics
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
resilient - raised - wrong-reading image area on plate; fluid ink - plate attached to plate cylinder w/ double-sided adhesive - product commonly "die-cut"
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver

23. Offset principles

24. Screen products
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
aka Flexo
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

25. Gravure products
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing

26. Offset characteristics
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating

27. Exs of digital printing
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
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print

28. Rotogravure
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
aka Gravure
anything that happens to print job after it's printed

29. Flexo products

30. Allied industries

31. Gravure Cylinder Imaging
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating
aka Flexo

32. Gravure
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
serrated edge caused by cells
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
resilient - raised - wrong-reading image area on plate; fluid ink - plate attached to plate cylinder w/ double-sided adhesive - product commonly "die-cut"

33. Types of printing companies
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries
aka Offset
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
aka Flexo

34. Print processes
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating
serrated edge caused by cells