Print Processes

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P r i n t P r o u d c t i o n B o o k l e t 3 Ther ear eanumberofdi f f er entc ommer c i al pr i ntpr oc es s es ,al l s ui t abl ef ordi f f er entappl i c at i ons . Tof i ndt hebes tandmos tc os t ef f ec t i v epr oc es sy ou' l l needt ok nowwhatt heyar e,howt heywor k andwhat ' st hemos tappr opr i at ef ory ourj ob. . . Of f setLi t hogr aphy Of f s etLi t hogr aphyi st hemos tpopul arpr i nt i ngmet hodf ors mal l bus i nes smar k et i ngmat er i al s , andi sof t enhowmos tpr i nt edt hi ngsy ous eehav ebeenpr oduc ed. Howi twor k s ;Of f s etl i t hogr aphywor k sonas i mpl epr i nc i pl e:I nkandWat erdon' tmi x !I magei nf or mat i oni sputont hi nal umi ni um pl at es ,i nr el i ef .Thepl at ei ss ec ur el yc l amped;ar es i l i entr ubber c oat edc y l i nder ,c al l edt hebl ank etc y l i nder ;ani mpr es s i onc y l i nder ;as y s t em ofi nk i ngr ol l er s c al l edt hei nkpy r ami d;andapl at edampeni nguni t .Thel i t hopl at ei sdampened,andt heni nk ed. Nex t ,t hei nk edi magei st r ans f er r ed( of f s et )t ot hebl ank et .Thepapermov esbet weent hebl ank et andt hei mpr es s i onc y l i nder s ,whi c har e" pac k ed"t oens ur ec ompl et ec ont ac t ,andt hei magei nk i nki st r ans f er r edf r om t hebl ank etont ot hepapers t oc k . I nof f s etpr i nt i ngeac hc ol ourofi nki sappl i eds epar at el y ,CMYK.Onepl at e,Onec ol our .Of f s et pr i nt i ngc anal s ous epr emi x edi nk s( SPOTCOLOURS)t oobt ai nhuesout s i det henor mal c ol our r angeofpr oc es spr i nt i ng. Whywoul dy ouus eOf f s etPr i nt i ng? LowPr i c ePerPi ec e-Themor ey oupr i nt ,t hel es sy oupay .Thi si sbec aus emos toft hec os ti si n t hes et up. Br i l l i antQual i t y-Pr oduc i ngr i c h,ac c ur at ec ol ourandhi ghqual i t yi magesandphot ogr aphs ,wi t h s har pt y pef ac esandf i nedet ai l s .HOWEVERt hei magequal i t yi ss l i ght l yi nf er i orwhenc ompar ed t oRot ogr av ur eorPhot ogr av ur epr i nt i ng. Ty pesofOf f s etLi t hogr aphy . . . Sheetf ed-I ndi v i dual s heet s>>Av ai l abl ei n' Ful l s i z e' 28x40i nc hes /' Hal fs i z e' or' Quar t ers i z e' . WebOf f s et-Fedf r om al ar ger ol l ofpaper ,gener al l yus edf orhi ghv ol umes ,ex ampl esi nc l ude Cat al oguesandMagaz i nes . Gr avur e/Rot ogr avur e Thebi gges tr i v al t owebof f s eti sGr av ur e.Thi si sani nt agl i opr oc es st hati sus edt opr i ntev er y t hi ngf r om t hehi ghes t qual i t ypos t ages t ampsandbank not es ,t hr oughgl os s ymagaz i nesand mai l or derc at al ogs ,downt or oughandr eadywal l paper s .


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