Papers And Boards Finishing Processes

Question 1

What is embossing

Answer 1

Two dies are used to stamp out a design into the paper, leaving a raised design

Question 2

What is debasing

Answer 2

Two dies are stamped into the paper leaving a lowered design

Question 3

What is lamination

Answer 3

Paper is encapsulated with a polymer pouch, which is then rolled through a heater, giving a poster like feel

Question 4

What is foil backing

Answer 4

A heated die is used to stamp out a foil design onto the paper

Question 5

What is screen printing

Answer 5

Imagine is printed onto a stencil, which is a mesh held by a frame, ink is then spread all over the mesh, and the use of a squeegee pastes the design onto the shirt

Question 6

What is hexographic printing

Answer 6

Four colour process that are printed on top of each other creating a coloured image

Question 7

What is offest lithography printing

Answer 7

Used for printing medium to large scale print runs like books, image area is oleophilic, where as area that isn’t the image is hydrophilic, creates constant high quality images, and is suited to high volume print runs