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Printing Terminology and Processes: A Study Guide,, Exams of Printing

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Printing Terminology and Processes: A Study Guide, Exams of Advanced
Education
Types of Printing Processes - ANSWERletterpress, offset, gravure, flexography,
silk screen
Letterpress - ANSWER- a process by which many copies are produced by
repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against sheets or a
continuous roll of paper.
- a reversed, raised surface is inked and then pressed into a sheet of paper to
obtain a positive right-reading image
Typical Products Printed in Letterpress - ANSWERbusiness cards, letterhead,
proofs, billheads, forms, posters, announcements, imprinting, embossing and
hot-leaf Stamping
Platemaking - ANSWERThe process of imaging a plate (or other image carrier)
for use in printing.
Plate - ANSWER- The basic image-carrying surface in a printing process, which
can be made of a variety of substances, such as various metals (as those used
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Printing Terminology and Processes: A Study Guide, Exams of Advanced Education Types of Printing Processes - ANSWERletterpress, offset, gravure, flexography, silk screen Letterpress - ANSWER- a process by which many copies are produced by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against sheets or a continuous roll of paper.

  • a reversed, raised surface is inked and then pressed into a sheet of paper to obtain a positive right-reading image Typical Products Printed in Letterpress - ANSWERbusiness cards, letterhead, proofs, billheads, forms, posters, announcements, imprinting, embossing and hot-leaf Stamping Platemaking - ANSWERThe process of imaging a plate (or other image carrier) for use in printing. Plate - ANSWER- The basic image-carrying surface in a printing process, which can be made of a variety of substances, such as various metals (as those used

in letterpress and lithography), rubber, or plastic (such as those used in flexography).

  • The image areas of a printing plate may either be raised above the non- image areas (such as in letterpress or flexography) or on the same plane as the non-image areas (as in lithography). The exact nature, composition, and method of platemaking depend on the printing process to be utilized. Characteristics of Letterpress Printing - ANSWER- High speed jobs in b/w & color
  • Consistent quality
  • Expensive printing plates
  • Capable of printing from handset or machine set type as well as photoengraved plates
  • Proofing is less expensive Lithography - ANSWERa printing process in which the image area and the non-image area co-exist on the same plane, in contrast to letterpress (printing from raised type) or gravure (printing from etched or engraved cells). Lithographic printing is based on the principle that oil and water do not mix readily (although a minute amount of mixing is necessary for lithography to work); Inventor of Lithography - ANSWERAlois Senefelder 1st Lithographic Press - ANSWER 1798 - 1800 Offset Printing - ANSWERAny form of printing that uses an intermediate carrier to transfer the image from the original image-carrier (such as a plate) to the substrate.

Flexography (Aniline Printing) - ANSWERA form of printing that uses flexible rubber relief plates and highly volatile, fast-drying inks to print on a variety of substrates, commonly used in package printing. How to Explain a Printing Process - ANSWER- Definition, Principle,

  • Construction
  • Platemaking, Mounting
  • Printing
  • Diagram
  • Characteristics, Advantages, Disadvantages
  • Main uses Differences between Letterpress and Flexography - ANSWER Silkscreen Printing (Serigraphy / Mitography / Selectine) - ANSWERa printing technique whereby a mesh is used to transfer ink onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. Letterset - ANSWERA hybrid of letterpress printing and offset lithography that uses a metal relief plate mounted to a plate cylinder to transfer the ink to a rubber blanket, Collotype (photogelatin) - ANSWERa dichromate-based photographic process that is used for large volume mechanical printing before the existence of cheaper offset lithography.

Thermography - ANSWERA printing process designed to simulate raised printing by dusting the wet printed ink film with a resin-based powder and fusing the resin particles together with heat to produce a raised effect. Engraving - ANSWERthe act of etching an image into a plate / other image carrier in relief form (as in letterpress printing) or in intaglio form (as in gravure printing). Negative - ANSWERa reversed photographic image produced on photosenstive, resin-coated paper (a paper negative). Types of Letterpress - ANSWERplaten, flat-bed cylinder, rotary Uses of Rotogravure - ANSWERcommercial printing of magazines, postcards, and corrugated (cardboard) product packaging.