Test 1

Question 0

DPI

Answer 0

Dots per inch. How many dots are being printed per inch on paper. (inside machine)

Question 1

Blueline

Answer 1

Order of page printing. Basically obsolete.

Question 2

Continuous tones

Answer 2

Colors blend from one to another. Photographs. Uses grays and color gradation.

Question 3

Dot Gain

Answer 3

Increase in half tone. Ink spreads when absorbed into the paper.

Question 4

Line art

Answer 4

Can be enlarged without blurring

Question 5

Halftone screens

Answer 5

Size of dot and spacing controls value. Printer cannot control amount of ink it lays down.

Question 6

Screen angles

Answer 6

Colors are printed at different angles so that you can see all the colors. Printer does it for you.

Question 7

Image resolution

Answer 7

Measured in ppi. 300 ppi is optimal.

Question 8

Spot color

Answer 8

Pure color. Unaltered.

Question 9

Knockout

Answer 9

Doesn’t overlap colors. Plain paper under each color.

Question 10

Overprinting

Answer 10

Colors lay over each other. Effect each other.

Question 11

Trapping

Answer 11

Colors overlay ever so slightly so there is no white gap in print.

Question 12

Web press

Answer 12

Feeds a roll of paper
continuous feed
quality is not as high as sheet fed

Question 13

Prepress

Answer 13

everything that happens before it goes to print

Question 14

Offset Printing

Answer 14

Plate is dampened with water in areas where ink is not wanted. Cylinders roll oil-based ink on where water is not present. Pressure controls amount of ink laid down.

Question 15

Variable Data Printing (VDP)

Answer 15

Parts of the piece are customized for the recipient (name, location)

Question 16

Digital Printing

Answer 16

Size 19"x12-14"
Image is projected on to paper
Up to 2500 copies is most economical
Turn around time is less that offset
Can VDP

Question 17

65 lines per inch

Answer 17

screen printing

Question 18

85 lines per inch

Answer 18

newsprint

Question 19

150-180 lines per inch

Answer 19

commercial prints on coated stock

Question 20

130 lines per inch

Answer 20

commercial prints on uncoated stock

Question 21

lines per inch

Answer 21

how many lines are printed per inch (finished product)

Question 22

self cover

Answer 22

cover is part of the signature (same paper from imposition)

Question 23

saddle stitch

Answer 23

wire stapling at the center of a magazine or pamphlet

Question 24

perfect binding

Answer 24

unsewn, flat-spined binding made with glue

Question 25

side-stitching

Answer 25

stapling through the spine of a publication from front to back. Book can’t lie flat

Question 26

signature

Answer 26

group of pages printed on the same sheet, front & back. 16 is magic # of pages

Question 27

flexography

Answer 27

relief printing using a flexible rubber plate printing plate (primarily for printing labels-pressure sensitive)

Question 28

moire pattern

Answer 28

Dot problem with how things are lined up. Angle of dots is off.

Question 29

Work-and-tumble

Answer 29

front and back images share a single plate. Prints one side, then flips end-to-end to print on other side. New gripper edge after flipped.

Question 30

Work-and-turn

Answer 30

Sheet-fed printing. Front & back share plate. Printed on one side and then turned side-to-side so that back can be printed. Doesn’t change gripper edge at top. SAVES PLATES

Question 31

imposition

Answer 31

all pages are arranged and printed on a big sheet, then folded and edges cut off so that the signature is in the right order.

Question 32

spot color

Answer 32

pure color from a color book/system

Question 33

Direct to Plate

Answer 33

Goes from the computer and is burned directly to aluminum plate- What we use now

Question 34

difference between photo film and color separation film

Answer 34

color separation film is a film that must be burned onto plate for each color in CMYK. Not used anymore.

Question 35

sheet fed

Answer 35

one sheet at a time

higher quality that web press

Question 36

densitomotor

Answer 36

used to measure density of ink