GPS 1500: Final Exam Review - Pages 2 & 3

Viscosity, Tack (Sticky), Drying (Quality)

3 Basic Ink Properties

Viscosity Low

thin-fast flowing ink

Viscosity High

thick-slow flowing ink

Oxidation, Penetration, Evaporation

Ink hardens by:

Tack

sticky

Drying

quality

Pigments, Vehicles, Additives

3 Main Ink Ingredients

Black or White, Organic or Inorganic

Pigments are ______ or ______, which is _______ or _______.

Dry

Vehicles are grouped by how they ______.

Wax/Cobalt

Additives =

Thixotropic

Rubbar-based ink: thick in can --> fluid on press

Trapping Inks

Wet trap and Dry trap

Wet Trap

Printing something on top of a wet ink

Dry Trap

Waiting till ink dries before printing on top

Transparent

Shows through - CMYK

Opaque

No show through

Pantone Matching System

PMS

Pulp, Manufacturing Paper

2 Major Processes in Making Paper

Slurry

Cellulose fibers suspended in water (also known as pulp)

Coniferous (pine cone or tree)

Softwoods

Decitious (Maple Oak)

Hardwoods

Head Box, Press, Drying

Fourdrinier Machine

Fourdrinier Machine

Brothers got patent for this

Head Box

Full of slurry

Press

Moving conveyor belt with wire

Drying

Big drums with felt squish water out

Grain

Fibers that align on F Screen

With

Always fold _____ the grain, if possible.

Substance, Basis

_____ weight and _____ weight = Weight of 500 lb sheets of paper in the Parent Size (pounds)

500 lbs

Substance Weight and Basis Weight = Weight of _____ sheets of Paper in the Parent Size (pounds).

Parent Size (Pounds)

Substance Weight and Basis Weight = Weight of 500 lbs sheets of Paper in the _____ _____.

1 Ream

500 Sheets =

1,000 Sheets

M Weight = Weight of _____

100 Sheets

C Weight = Weight of _____

Basic Size

________ _______ is different for paper types.

Coarse Paper

? = industrial paper

Fine Paper

? = printing paper

Book or Offset

Largest in the family of Fine Papers _______ or ______.

Bible, Carbonless

Writing/Cover/Bristol/Other

Coated One Side

C1S

Coated Two Sides

C2S

Coated vs. Uncoated Paper

Clay like material fills porous surface vs. open porous newsprint

Coated Paper

clay like material fills porous surface

Uncoated Paper

Open porous newsprint - more rough and more easily recycled.

Ts' ai Lun

hand-made modern paper in A.D. 105 until 1798 automated Fourdrinier

Paper

Most used substrate in printing

The Orient

Screen printing is the oldest form of Printing, which originated in _________ _________.

Screen Printing

Oldest form of Printing

Hand Cut, Tusche-Giue, Photographic

3 Parts to Screen Printing

Direct and Indirect

2 kinds of Photographic

Direct Photographic

emulsion directly on screen

Indirect Photographic

expose emulsion then put it on screen

Mono and Multi

2 types of Screen Fabric Filament

XXX or TPI

Fabric Strength indicated by ______ or _____

Threads per Inch

TPI

45 Degree

Squeegee is dragged on a _____ slant or angle.

Lightest

2 color screen printing usually _____ color first.

Bindery

The most dangerous area of the Print Shop

Folding

This process can be done by hand or machine

Parallel

Right angle

Hand-Bone, Buckle, Knife

Folding can be done by:

Signature

a large press sheet folded and trimmed to form a book.

Off-Line Finishing

Finishing done off the press

In-Line Finishing

Finishing operations done on the back of the press

Variable Data Printing

VDP (Demographic Binding)

Adhesive, Side, Saddle

3 Kinds of Binding

Padding, Perfect, Paten

3 Types of Adhesive

Padding

2 thin coats better than 1 thick coat

Perfect

hot glue

Paten

cover - hot glue

Staple, Comb, Side Sewn

3 Types of Side

Staple

Stick

Comb

plastic - metal

Wire, Self Cover, Case Bound

3 Types of Saddle

Case Bound

textbook

Flexo Print

Has a halo edge to it.

Gravure Printing

Has a jagged edge.

Screen Print

Has a varying thickness.

Offset Print

Has an even edge

Digital

Has an even edge with spatter.
-vector
-raster