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Printing Technologies in brief :Printing Technologies in brief Marty Tentor
Ron Frisch
Albert Basse Associates
Printing Technologiesorganized by image carriers :Printing Technologiesorganized by image carriers Relief Printing
• Letterpress
• Letterset (Offset Letterpress)
• Flexography
• Foil Stamping
• Thermography
Relief Printing’s Image Carrier :Relief Printing’s Image Carrier Image area in physically raised from the non-image area.
Raised image area receives ink. Plate transferred to substrate or to offset blanket in Letterset.
Slide 4:Planography
• Offset Lithography
• Collotype
• Xerography
• E Print (Indigo) Image area is on the same plane as the non-image area.
The entire plate receives ink. The ink is chemical/physically attracted to the image area only.
Slide 5:Offset Lithography
Slide 6:Intaglio
• Gravure
• Line Engraving
• Pad Printing Image area is physically below the non-image area.
The entire plate receives ink. The non-image area is then wipped clean of ink.
Slide 7:Stencil Printing
• Screenprinting Image area is mechanically porous and the non-image area is non-porous
The entire screen receives ink. The ink only passes through the porous image area.
Slide 8:Digital Print
• Thermal Inkjet
• Piezo Inkjet There is no image carrier. The image is store digitally and electronically sent to printing heads.
The ink is only deposited where the image requires it.
Slide 9:Printing Technologies
Attributes Offset Lithography
• High resolution reproduction
• Fast printing speeds to 10000 iph
• Able to print four color process or spot
color
• Ink film about 3 microns
• Substrates to about .020” thick
• Sheetfed or Web (roll fed)
• Typical products: brochures, annual
reports, magazines, credit cards,
forms, catalogs, books, maps
Slide 10:Printing Technologies
Attributes Letterpress
• Good resolution reproduction
• Fast printing speeds to 6000 iph
• Able to print four color process or spot
color
• Able to print highly textured substrates
• Substrates to about .050”+ thick
• Sheetfed or Web (roll fed)
• Typical products: business card,
invitations, books, newspapers
consecutive numbering, forms
Slide 11:Printing Technologies
Attributes Flexography
• Good resolution reproduction
• Fast printing speeds, 300+ fpm
• Able to print four color process or spot
color
• Able to print thick ink film
• Substrates to about .050”+ thick
• Web (roll fed)
• Typical products: packaging,
bread bags, tags, labels, newspaper
wallpaper
Slide 12:Printing Technologies
Attributes Gravure
• High quality reproduction
• Fast printing speeds to 100??? fpm
• Very long runs
• Expensive prepress
• Web (roll fed)
• Typical products: packaging, gum
wrappers, magazines, Formica
laminates, flooring laminates,
newspaper suppliments, Christmas
wrapping paper
Slide 13:Printing Technologies
Attributes Screenprinting
• Good resolution reproduction
• Printing speeds to 80 to 4500 iph
• Typically shorter runs
• No limit to substrate thickness
• Thickest ink film to 100 microns
• Usually sheet fed, can be web
• Typical products: roll textiles, garments
decals, labels, circuit boards,
instrument panels, rear window
defoggers, metal signs, poster, mugs,
ski poles, bottles, control panels, fleet
graphics, displays, dinning ware
Slide 14:Printing Technologies
by Marketshare Offset Lithography 47%
Gravure 20%
Flexography 18%
Letterpress 7%
Screen and other Plate Systems 3%
Electronic, Inkjet, Non-plate 5%
(Data from 1995)
Slide 15:A Printing Work Flow Design
Concept Photography Film
Imagesetting Electronic
Image
Assembly Proofing Printing Plate Making Post Press
Finishing Distribution Scanning and
Image Manipulation
Planning :• Type of product
• Budgets
• Ad Agency
• Quality
• Quantity
• Develop Specifications Planning
Design :• Design Studio
• In-House Designer
• Number of Color
• Substrate
• Size
• Pre Press File Type
• Special Requirements
• Copy Design
Prepress :• Proofing
• Trapping as required
• Scanning
• Image Imposition
• Special Color Matching
• Film Making
• Plate Making Prepress
Production :• Printing
• Ink Preparation Production
Distribution :• Newspaper Delivery
• Packing with Other Items
• USPS
• Logistic Distribution
Job Titles in Printing :• Sales
• Customer Service Rep.
• Estimating
• Print Production
• Prepress Operator
• Color Matcher
• Bindery Operator
• Shipping/Receiving Job Titles in Printing