- Printing Systems
Different printing methods; image carriers; impression and ink transfer methods; proofing methods; suitability of jobs for various printing process. - Printing Materials
Materials used for graphic reproduction; image carriers; printing substrates; inks and coatings; binding materials. - Flexo, Gravure and Screen Printing.
Flexographic principles and plate surface preparation; flexographic press work; study and preparation of gravure image carrier – Doctor Blade and its care; inks for gravure process; materials used in gravure process; slitting and rewinding machine – equipment used for quality control – defects and remedies; screen printing. - Printing Finishing Processing
Introduction to binding and finishing; materials used in binding; methods of binding and modern commercial binding; forwarding operations; automation in binding. - Image Processing
Types of originals – process room equipment; line and halftone photography; digital image processing; computer to fill; image editing softwares. - Design & Advertising in Print Media
Introduction to typographic design and advertising; role of typography in design; designing aspects of book, magazine and news paper; design of miscellaneous printed products; operations and functions of an advertising agency. Sheet fed offset Machines - Offset lithographic presses; printing unit; inking and dampening; sheet handling, controlling and transferring; make ready and machine run; computer print control (CPC).
- Publishing Software
Basic anatomy of a computer; paging softwares; vector graphic editing software; scalar image editing software; desktop publishing software. - Paper and Ink
Paper manufacture and chemistry of pulp; paper and board classification; properties of paper and conditioning in press room; printing ink gradients, manufacture and its properties; problems with paper and ink on press and their remedies. - Colour Separation and Management
Colour management; colour reproduction; colour separation; developments in electronic scanning; colour proofing. - Plate Making Methods
Job planning and film assembly; imposition considerations; lithographic plate surface chemistry; computer to technologies and computer to film; computer to press technologies; computer to plate. - Printing Machine Maintenance
Maintenance management; types of maintenance and maintenance of spare parts; machinery erection and testing; machine replacement, lubrication and lubricants; machine elements and electrical controls. - Digital Imaging
Art work and film preparation; film image setters; computer to plate systems; non impact printing and digital offset presses; electronic proofing. - Web offset Printing
Introduction to web offset printing press; make ready and feeding unit; printing unit; delivery unit; digital offset printing. - Printer’s Accounting and Estimating
Purpose and systems of book keeping; definition of estimating and qualifications of an estimator; estimating forms; meaning and methods of costing; costing of machine; material and direct labour. - Advanced Printing Technologies
Non impact printing technologies; security printing; speciality printing processes; E-Print. - Package Technology
Concept of packaging and packaging for various purposes; ancillary materials and metal based materials used in packing; types of labels and their design; types of packaging systems and its advantages; bar coding.
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