Understanding Ink on Paper Randy Thompson Director, Business Development Basics of Printing
Ink to Paper Printing Technologies Offset Lithography Ink to plate….to blanket….to paper Flexography Ink to raised rubber plate image….to paper Thermography Raised printing using special ink and powders Digital Printing Plate-less printing--Ink-jet, Thermal Transfer, Xerography
Ink to Paper Press types Sheetfed Small to Large Sheets in / Sheets out Single to Multiple Color Printing Most common presses used
Hand Mounting Plates
Auto Plate Hangers for Precise Color Registration
Feed End of Sheetfed
Checking Color during Make-ready Phase on 5 color
Heidelberg DI Press using Polyester Plates mounted inside Press
Checking a Press Sheet Against a Match Print Proof
Using a Loop to Check Final Registration
Ink to Paper Press Types Web Presses Cold Web Heatset Web
Ink to Paper Press Types Cold Web Fed by rolls of paper Roll to Roll or Roll to Sheet Smaller formats Forms Production Newsprint
Feed End of Cold Forms Web Press
Job Make-ready on Forms Web Press
Forms Job Running--Delivery End
Perfecting Turnbar in-between print towers on Cold Forms Web press
Ink to Paper Press types Heatset Web Commercial Long run Half and Full Web sizes 4 color and up Heat tunnel dries, or “sets” inks printed Magazines, catalogs, long run collateral
Ink to Paper Thermography Raised Printing Print with slow dry ink Sprinkle special heat reactive powder Vacuum off excess Run through Heat Tunnel Powder melts…mixes with ink and dries leaving “raised” image
Press Operator Printing Business Cards
Printed sheets entering Thermo unit
Thermo powder applied and vacuum
Thermo powder melts and fuses with ink and dried
Ink to Paper Recap Printing Technologies Printing Press Types Sheet-fed Presses Web-fed Presses Themography Quoting Variables