Printing Flashcards
Which of the five printing processes has the lowest print quality?
Screen printing
Which of the five printing processes has the highest print quality?
Gravure
Which of the five printing processes has the highest cost?
Laser printing
Which of the five printing processes has the lowest cost?
Screen printing
What are common uses of offset lithography?
Newspapers, magazines, books
What are common uses of flexography?
Packaging, corrugated boxes, shopping bags, 3-D surfaces like bottles
What are common uses of screenprinting?
Short print runs, T-shirts, big posters
What are common uses of Gravure printing?
Expensive high-quality magazines, stamps
What are common uses of laser printing?
One-off items
Name the 4 colours involved in printing.
Cyan magenta yellow black (CMYK)
Which is the most common printing process?
Offset lithography (it is used for about 70% of all printing)
What is the offset mean in offset lithography?
It means that the actual printing plate never touches the paper, because the image is first transferred or ‘offset’ onto another cylinder
What is the process used to transfer the image onto a printing plate
Photomechanical transfer
What is the term for when individual, precut pieces of paper are fed into the printer
Sheet fed
What is the term for when paper is fed into the printer on huge roles and the roles are cut into pieces after printing
Web fed
