Test your basic knowledge |

DTP Print Production Print Process

Subject : it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Offset Imaging Methods
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
aka Gravure

2. Rotogravure
aka Gravure
exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
aka Offset

3. Exs of digital printing
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
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print

4. Rotogravure principle
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.
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries

5. Gravure
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
serrated edge caused by cells
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"

6. Offset
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating

7. Gravure Cylinder Imaging
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
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
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating

8. Post-press

9. Offset principles

10. Gravure characteristics
aka Offset
aka Flexo
aka Gravure
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating

11. Offset 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.
thick ink deposit - type of product
printing on a printing press for mass distribution

12. 12 cells
comprise period at end of a sentence
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
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

13. Print production workflow
serrated edge caused by cells
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
pre-press - press - post-press

14. Gravure products
aka Offset
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating

15. Allied industries

16. Offset characteristics
image area repels H2O (fountain solution) - non-image attracts H2O - ink sticks to where H2O not present - utilizes metal plate
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
intaglio process (recessed area) - doctor blade scrapes ink from cylinder (leaving ink in cells) - copper engraved then plated w/ chrome coating

17. Screen products
black on white laser print - color laser print - ink jet print
pre-press - press - post-press
exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed
garments - hats - backlit signs - glass & mirrors - cylinders (pens or 55 gallon drums) - cups - bottles - mugs - decals - labels - billboards - outdoor posters - etc (short run products)

18. Offset Lithography
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
aka Offset
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)

19. Print processes
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - Digital Printing
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs
pre-press - press - post-press
thick ink deposit - type of product

20. Flexo products

21. Flexo principle
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
aka Offset
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries

22. Flexography
exposure to UV light through film (analog) & chem processing - laser exposure
aka Flexo
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
serrated edge caused by cells

23. Pre-press
pre-press - press - post-press
thick ink deposit - type of product
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. Digital printing
thick ink deposit - type of product
halo
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
never requires film - image printed directly from digital info - capable of "variable printing -" economical for short runs

25. Screen
thick ink deposit - type of product
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
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed

26. Screen printing characteristics
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
supply to companies; ink - paper - equipment mfg's
'oil & water don't mix' - plate relies on chemical repulsion of H2O & attraction of ink

27. Types of printing companies
serrated edge caused by cells
thick ink deposit - type of product
aka Gravure
commercial & quick printers - specialty printers - publication printers - packaging - in-plant printers - trade shops - allied industries

28. Flexo Plate Imaging
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
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
exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed

29. Digital workflow
catalogs - publications - packaging - labels (long run - high quality products)
Design - order entry - preflight - digital composition - proofing - imposition - proofing - platemaking - printing - binding/finishing - distribute/deliver
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
almost always polyester - able to print thickets ink deposit - slow process - capable of fine detail

30. Screen printing imaging methods
prints from resilient - raised image area (relief) - usually a "photopolymer plate"
publications - posters - catalog - direct mail - newspapers - some packaging - etc.
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)

31. Flexo characteristics
heavy - copper-plated steel cylinder comprises "image cylinder -" image composed of tiny recessed ink wells (cells) - doctor blade
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)
Offset Lithography - Flexography - Rotogravure - Screen Printing - 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"

32. Flexo
printing on a printing press for mass distribution
analog process (requires film positive for screen exposure). digital screen exposure units (no film) are developed
anything that happens to print job after it's printed
halo

33. Laser exposure
aka Computer to Plate (CTP)
strictly "digital" process - info controls "vibrating diamond stylus to "peck" out cells from copper plating
aka Gravure
exposure to UV light through film & chem processing - laser exposure - no film needed

34. Screen Printing principle
supported by screen under tension - incorrectly & commonly referred to as "silk screen 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
microscopic water sports cause voids in solid areas