Printing Process

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Printing began in

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China in the 6th century

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the worlds oldest known book is

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Diamon Sutra printed in 868 AD

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Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in

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Mainz, Germany in 1444

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Gutenberg’s design was

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based off of a wine press

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Stephen Daye brought prinitng to

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America in 1638

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A halftone is

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a photograph broken into dots

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Halftones first appeared in

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1891

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The numbers used to describe screens

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represent the number of lines per inch (LPI)

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Offset printing is more cost effective for

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(large runs)large quantities vs. digital printing

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Digital printing is more cost effective for

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small quantities
(short runs), has a faster turn around time, and allows for variable data, among other perk

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RGB files are used for

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monitor displays, so all digitally published files should be in RGB

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RGB is an

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additive color mode

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CMYK files are used for

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printing, so all printed files

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CMYK is what colormode

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subtractive

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In offset printing, each color should be at what
angles in degrees:

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C: 105 M: 75 Y: 90 K: 45

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RIP Stands for

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Raster Image Processor

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2 kinds of RIP screening

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halftone and stochastic

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Digital printing has many advantages such as

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short runs, allowing for variable data, no
film or plate costs, quicker lead time, and large format
printing

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Screen printing uses

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mesh stencils and film positives

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any type of material can be screen printed on

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including wood, fabric, glass, plastic, and met

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Screen printing has many advantages, include:

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it can print a heavy film of ink,short runs,
prints on almost any material

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Grain direction is the direction in

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which the paper is made; runs parallel to the fold to avoid curling

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Shingling or creep is when

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the inside pages of a section are slightly narrower than the outer page

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Trapping is the

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kiss fit between two colored items so that there is a small overlap

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Misregister is

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printing slightly out of position

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Dot gain is caused by

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absorption of ink and can make images appear bolder

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PMS stands for

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Pantone Matching System

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Imposition is

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the organization of the pages on each side of a printed sheet

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Most offset printing processes require the paper to be

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sheet-fed or web-fed

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A web-fed press is

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faster

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sheet-fed press is better for

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longer runs

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Printing on both sides of the paper at the same time is
called

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perfecting

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An Impression is

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paper is brought
into contact with the printing surface

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In offset lithography, the inked image is

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offset (printed) onto a rubber blanket wrapped around a rotating metal cylinder, then from the rubber blanket onto the paper

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The three main cylinders of an offset printing press
are

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the blanket cylinder, plate cylinder, and impression
cylinde

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CTP

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Computer to Plate

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saddle stitching is

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the booklet is opened over a “saddle” and stapled along the back

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side stitching is

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wire staples inserted from the front

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unsewn binding is

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trimmed along the back edge and bound with adhesive