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What is the largest sector by volume?

Offset Lithography

this is not the fastest growing

Offshoot lithographiy

this have biggest revenue,


no long term future


is not improving

oFFSET litho

what is new growth and marketing

digitial and flexo

this is qualities of _________


versatile, growth and more colors

injet

what toner is good for short runs

Xergraphy ( Laser toner )

True or false: inkjets come in consumer form and what is it

true


home printer

True or false:


inkjet has color proofing

true

True or false:


inkjets come in a large format

true


banner sinage

True or false:


inkjects are a flat bed

true

this has a raised surface

Flexo Printing Applications

What type of printiing uses a raised image blanket/surface

What type of printiing uses a raised image blanket/surface

Flexographic

This has a huge range of substrtes we can print on



List the surfaces

Flexo



Corrugated


Flexible Materials


Plastic Wrapping

What does each anilox roll do?

Picks up diff amount of ink

how can u change the amount of ink on Flexo unit

with ink keys n anilox roll

what are some factors that can cause ink not to transfer properly on a flexo unit

too fast


too viscous ink


from plate to anilox

what does BCM

Billion Cupic Micron


What is CPI

Cell per inch

what doe the line screens in flexo refer to

per square inch

what do u need for flexo in order to have the back of the plate to harder

Lamps


If to place the plates under the lamps for too long on flexo what will happen to the image area

too long = too hard and effect the image area

what is the standard height from the top to the bottom for flexo

67 thousandths

what are the 3 main measures for flexo

Caliper


floor


releif

the plates for flexo can either be

Photopolymer


or


rubber

photopoly PLATES are exposed by

UV LIGHT

For photopoly PLATES what does the chemical cause

polymer to ink and haren

photopoly PLATES


what are top and bottom exposures for

bottom for support


top for image

Press and prepress:


how much more can the anilox be than the halftone LPI

4 X


EG


480 CPI FOR 120 LPI



LPI X 4 = CPI

Press and prepress:


When making PDF to plate what must you choose properly

Screen ruling

Press and prepress:


what is the anilox roll relationship to screen ruling

4 tiny cells to one raised image dot



4 anilox cell = 1 image cell

Press and prepress:


what does gravure have similar and what does it not have

has the same engraved cylinder


but no


printing plate

Press and prepress:


for gravure what would the cylinder have in the image area

image area that is engraved

Press and prepress:


for gravure what does ink in the cylinder act as

image plate

what does lPI stand for

LINES PER INCH OF THE HALF TONE SCREEN


Press and prepress:


Higher lpi=

smaller print dots with better visual quality

Plate making Technology:


what does CDI FOR

cyrel digital imager

Photopolymer Plate Making:


what does LAMS stand for and do we have it in lab

Laser Ablated MASK


yes we do have it

Photopolymer Plate Making:


For Lams what should you start with

New plates


Clean and has uniform black sheen

Photopolymer Plate Making:


for LAM what where does the light hit

Light hits the bottom to harden and fill the base

Photopolymer Plate Making:


where does LAM turn over too

turns over to CDI

Photopolymer Plate Making:


For LAM what does the laser do

burns away and vaporizes the black carbon mask to create the counter image

Photopolymer Plate Making:


for LAM what happens to image areas that are not lasered, where does the laser go

stay raised not lasered


turns off in that area

Photopolymer Plate Making:


how long does plate making process take

1.5

Photopolymer Plate Making:


for laser engraved what happens

strong laser does all the steps of a lam

Photopolymer Plate Making:


explain film exposed

photographic film makes a mask with film and exposes thru them

Prepress and press- Bar Codes


what are the 3 components

orientation


size


magnification

Prepress and press- Bar Codes


what are bar codes printed with

bars running with the paper

Prepress and press- Bar Codes


will the barcode always print perfectly

no

Prepress and press- Bar Codes


if the barcode is printed properly what will happen

even if bars are stretched it will show the same product

Prepress and press- Bar Codes


how may the bar distort

if the bar is sideways

Prepress and press- Bar Codes


what is the min size of a barcode

use of program because they are legal require