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The instructor talked about Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM) in lecture. How many clicks would be charged if printing a 4/C process job two sides in EPM? - Answer NOT 4
When completing the MANUAL preflight in InDesign, where did you check for image color space... - Answer links pannel
The HP Indigo uses what patented technology in their electrostatic presses that other manufactures don't. - Answer Electroink
Ordering printed products from Vista Print is an example of web-to-print. - Answer true
When specifying output intent for PDF's to be printed by web offset printing, ________________ should be specified. - Answer SWOP
How does FM screening create gradation of tone? - Answer Print dots of the same size but change the frequency for more or less dots in an area
A high LPI (e.g. 200 lpi) is related to FM style screening. - Answer false
Images with clipping paths require rendering during the creation of PDF/X-1a files, because they have a transparent background. - Answer false
Which of the following is something that would be checked when pre-flighting a file. - Answer All of the answers (CORRECT)
Bleeds
Page count
Trim Hazards
Image Color space
Image Resolution
With the XMPie variable data software used in class, it was possible to make an entire layer variable. - Answer True
Halftone dots are placed at a different angle for each color in a CMYK halftone to... - Answer eliminate moire' problems
The PDF/X-1A standard specifies a minimum image resolution of 300 ppi. - Answer false
Which ISO color standard should be used for printing CMYK on a sheet fed offset press?
In sheet fed offset printing, "Rich Black" should be specified as a spot color. - Answer false
An RGB image with an embedded profile would be compliant with the PDF/X-3 ISO standard. - Answer true
Approved before proceeding to imposition and output to plates. This type of proof is intended for checking mechanical content, looking for typos, and finding incorrectly placed images. - Answer Online soft proof (INCORRECT)
A printing press can not produce continuous tones, like a photograph with smooth tonal transitions. Therefore, printed Continuous Tone images must broken into a dot pattern using this process. - Answer Halftone Screening
Flattening or rendering, when creating a PDF/X file, compresses the file to a smaller file size. - Answer false
Electrostatic presses with extended gamut capabilities have what 3 colors in addition to CMYK? - Answer orange, green, violet
In the VDP tutorial lab, what file format was used to store records and fields of information? - Answer .csv
Which type of proofing is of images early in the job to help determine whether color correction or retouching is needed? - Answer Online soft proof (INCORRECT)
Electrostatic printing presses are only sheet fed and have limited sheet sizes. - Answer False
A PDF/X standard regulates several aspects of a print document. Which factor below does it regulate? - Answer color space
transparent objects
All of the answers (CORRECT)
interactivity
font embedding
When your job begins production it will be run through a process to check for potentialerrors and problems. The printing term for this procedure is? - Answer pre-flighting
VDP software can be either a plug-in to existing software or a stand alone application. - Answer true
Scaling a vector image in InDesign will change the resolution of the image. - Answer false
According to the VDP reading, one of the core purposes of VDP is to develop brand awareness to new products. - Answer false
When creating files for sending to an electrostatic press, solid black areas should be specified as... - Answer 100% black
Which of the following is NOT a function that a Raster Image Processor (RIP) performs? - Answer Prints
The .png file format is a good choice for a CMYK print image with a transparent background. - Answer false
Chapter 1 of the textbook talks about different types of job functions in a print company, which function below would typically be the first person a design client contacts to get things in motion by initiating a job's entry into the printing plant's workflow. - Answer NOT scheduler
thinking CSR
What is a 'dynamic' element in variable data printing? - Answer A dynamic element in variable data printing is an element that changes per rule. For example our changing picture per city that we did in the lab, or the first name changing.
List one of the six key components of VDP according to the reading posted in Canvas. - Answer Data - Data used for VDP can be simply thought of as a table or data set. Each row in the table is considered a single record. The columns are the fields used to describe the contents of the record.
The reading in Canvas on electrophotography and VDP mentioned two VDP file formats for saving VDP documents. List one of the two formats. - Answer PDF/VT
Rich black - Answer large area that prints black with all CMYK channels
offset uses this
electrostatic- needs solid black b/c that much toner wont adhere together
trapping - Answer used with offset, electrostatic and inkjet dont need
lighter color traps darker
FM - Answer inkjet uses fm
manual preflighting - Answer resolution, color space, file format, disproportionate scalling (LINKS PANNEL IS KEY)
dont use these file formats, instead use - Answer dont: png gif
use jpeg, pdf, .eps, tiff
Preflight profile - Answer fonts, pt. size of type, page count, trim hazzards
don't convert RGB to CMYK all of the time - Answer inkjet printers have larger gamut, leave as RGB
Where are processless plates 'developed'? - Answer NOT In a dedicated plate processor
List one benefit of switching to process free plates. - Answer A process free plate alleviates the burden from prepress employees meaning they can focus their time on other areas in the prepress. OR Labor savings
Cost savings
Environmentally Friendly
Thermal and violet lasers are mainly used to expose plates in a CtP system. Which
