Design Knowledge on Pre- Press & Printing

Designer Knowledge

ON PREPRESS & PRINTING BY

Welcome to my tour experience of a knowledge

CONTENT

Introduction

Major Printing Techniques 1

General Color Understanding

Major Printing Techniques 2

Midterm

Paper Characteristic

Final Artwork Preparation

Pantone

Lasercut

Unique Printing Techniques

INTRODUCTION Prepress &

Not just how to present the printing, on this ďŹ rst

General

printing and how this class will be conducted. it

History &

ďŹ eldtrip, a site visit to be introduce deeper by

Printing in

World Technology

Output (Media) & Method

Process (Pre-

press, Press & Post- Press)

class it show generally what is prepress & was also explained that there would be many the proffesonals. We are learning, adding up knowledge and revising the things to be remembered like the use of an appropriate software to prepare the design for print in other words, compiling it to the standard of ready- toprint document by using preight checking form, applying and integrating fundamental production techniques and elements by using necessary graphic design software, choosing the suitable printing techniques according to the characteristic of each process, and last is demonstarting an effective communication within a suitable and understndable language.

MAJOR PRINTING TECHNIQUES 1 Screen Printing

In this subject, learning on screen printing was

(Sablon)

however it really takes time and a long process.

Charlie SPS

because in tracing the design into the board is

actually easy to do base on the design itself It thought designer to be patient and neat not as easy as tracing on the paper as the board layer is very thin that it will torn if we push harder. The next part of painting also consist of balance on the paint, it could not be too thick or even too thin. Every part should be paint equally. Even so, drying the board takes time if we do not have a compatible drying machine such as the oven. Drying it too hot will make a hole and drying it windy-ly would take a very long time. Overall it was a fun thing for an experience.

GENERAL COLOR UNDERSTANDING Pre- press

The word color is not as simple as it sound.

process

very important because it turns out "calling out

Monitor VS

interpretations differently for each person. If

printing

Prints

(CMYK/

Process Color) Color Seperation Techniques

Color Issue

Color communication in the graphics industry is color" verbally may contain perceptions and the communication process of the color for each person who involved in the process flow of graphic process is less precise, then the final result of the production print will not be in accordance with the client's expectations. This is very detrimental in terms of cost, time, labor, and cooperative relationships with each other.

We should know about the color control system communication between equipment used in a workflow in Graphic industries, such as digital camera, scanner, monitor, and digital color proofing and printing machine.

The knowledge that should be plant in the designer brain about color firstly is that there is two process of mixing color, which is additive and subtractive color. Second, is that color and light is influencing the output result which is Color calibration with the adobe gamma that is why print out (CMYK) is different from our screen color (RGB).

MAJOR PRINTING TECHNIQUES 2 Offset Printing

Gramedia Printing is one of the strategic

Offset

Group. Specializing in the printing of newspa-

Printshop Printing Com-

pany (Kompas Gramedia)

business units under the Kompas Gramedia pers, tabloid magazines, books, marketing collateral, and packaging.

MIDTERM Crop Mark

A guest lecture Siwanto, which is one of my

Bleed

talk, there is many things learned, the preprress

Inposition

print document. Learning on basic screen,

finishing layer

lecture in Binus International University. On his and the technique before submitting the ready digital until common printing in the world of industry. We are shown to an example of flexible packaging and digital printing on the paper, crucial aspect in offset printing. The most importantly we are learning and remembered about the marks for the use of crop mark and bleed area for positioning not forgetting the layering that is a new knowdlege to me, in differenting the printing process. Part of this learing is for the midterm submission task where we are told to make a 4 series of leaflet about culinary A5 size, which then I chosed Le Gourmand, an ice cream shop with a marketing of discount for student. The layer is then filled with two finishing treatment such as emboss and foiling that I use.

PAPER CHARACTERISTIC Paper Media

Paper is one aspect that would contribute point

Paper Kinds

is way of supporting the concept for designer

Paper Size

type paper such as coated, recycled, exceedo,

Binding Option Surya Palace Jaya

in the design quality. As we all know that paper by the touch its sense of touch. Learning on ďŹ ne, unbleached kraft paperboard, uncoated and yupo synthetic paper until the fancy paper that got lots of type. As a designer we need to know this because the effect of color printed in each type of paper would result differently.

FINAL ARTWORK PREPARATION Guest Lecture

Final artwork preparation including the appro-

Siswanto

tion final project briefing I. We were given

Sidharta

priate digital files, output elements & preparaempty hvs papers to be folded 3 times and finally turned into 8 to understand the process of creating the binding. Afterwards, we discussed about the technique in making the booklets, how to bind with saddle-stitch technique, and also the difference between file preparation using saddle-stitch and ordinary stitch binding. Further details of what to do for final book visual pre- press and printing diary were discussed such as the spot colors, 2 finishing treatments, and also how to submit the Adobe Illustrator files & the hard copies.

PANTONE World standard

Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary

pantone

primarily printing. As a graphic designer, not

Special &

color matching system, special and custom

coloring by

Custom Colors CMYK, Spot, Special, Custom

color space used in a variety of industries, just knowing a pantone color as it is but the colors, CMYK, spot, special custom world standar coloring by pantone. It shows us how to see the differences of the color palate from color loop. The idea behind the (PMS) is to allow designers to color match speciďŹ c colors when a designer enters production stage, and regardless of the equipment used to produce the color. This system has beed widely adapted by grahic designers ad reproduction of printing houses. Color variance also occurs within edition based on the paper stock used such as coated, matte, or uncoated while intredition color variance occurs when there are changes to the speciďŹ c paper stock used.

LASERCUT Lasercut

Knowing about the lasercut work was amazing.

Finishing

A site visit to Gusto sign which is located in

Gusto Sign

fabrication and it was demonstrate on the 3D

Bandung. It was ..... learning abiut digital printer that prints a ring and a laser cutting machine that wa really engraving by cutting acrylic material. It shows us their recent products and revising it on how the work on it, the process of making the cut using the laser cut techniques.

UNIQUE PRINTING TECHNIQUES Letterpress

Finishing is a very fun part although it requires

Printing

type name that should be remembered to be

Vintage style

communication. For example; die cutting,

in modern

environment design

Distillery

mentioned in the printing places when having a foiling, etc.

Thank You