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Printing Processes

Printing Processes. Lithography printing is a commonly used printing technique . Magazines. Posters. Text. Cereal Box. P ICTURE. Disadvantages . Expensive to set up for small runs. Advantages . Offset printing is the cheapest method to produce high quality printing .

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Printing Processes

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  1. Printing Processes

  2. Lithography printing is a commonly used printing technique Magazines Posters Text Cereal Box PICTURE Disadvantages Expensive to set up for small runs Advantages Offset printing is the cheapest method to produce high quality printing Lithography machines can print on both sides of paper/card Only suitable for long production runs Consistent high image quality print thousands of copies of the same item, in one production run

  3. C' stands for Cyan(a colour in the blue/green spectrum), 'M' stands for Megenta (a colour midway in the red/blue spectrum), 'Y' stands for Yellowand 'K' stands for Key (the black key plate). As a rule CMYK is also the order in which a full colour image is printed.

  4. Screen printing CD’S Posters T-shirts relatively cheap way to produce fast and effective prints. Good for uneven surface

  5. THE ROTARY LETTERPRESS This type of printing process is usually carried out at a commercial printing company as it requires expensive machinery. A letterpress is relatively slow if a large number of prints have to be processed Books - with lots of texts Dictionary Novel This was one of the earliest forms of printing press. This process can be repeated continually producing large numbers of printed papers

  6. Very Expensive to set up Die Cutting Nets Tags It works like a gingerbread man cutter Any unusual shape Repeat

  7. Special varnishes dry almost straight away if they are exposed to ultra violet light. (UV light). EMBOSSING • One disadvantage is that this type of machinery is expensive to purchase. Embossing involves raising areas of a card surface above the level of the rest • it produces an excellent gloss finish to the card / paper. Manufacturers use embossing to make their product look more luxurious and expensive VARNISHING

  8. Quality Control QC • Gradient tint bar • Label • Registration marks • Progressive color bar • Corner crop mark • Center crop mark • Description • Star target Quality Assurance QA

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