2. Understanding Ink on Paper Randy Thompson Director, Business Development Basics of Printing

3. 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

10. Ink to Paper Press types Sheetfed Small to Large Sheets in / Sheets out Single to Multiple Color Printing Most common presses used

12. Hand Mounting Plates

13. Auto Plate Hangers for Precise Color Registration

14. Feed End of Sheetfed

15. Checking Color during Make-ready Phase on 5 color

16. Heidelberg DI Press using Polyester Plates mounted inside Press

17. Checking a Press Sheet Against a Match Print Proof

18. Using a Loop to Check Final Registration

19. Ink to Paper Press Types Web Presses Cold Web Heatset Web

20. Ink to Paper Press Types Cold Web Fed by rolls of paper Roll to Roll or Roll to Sheet Smaller formats Forms Production Newsprint

21. Feed End of Cold Forms Web Press

22. Job Make-ready on Forms Web Press

24. Forms Job Running--Delivery End

25. Perfecting Turnbar in-between print towers on Cold Forms Web press

26. 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

27. 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

28. Press Operator Printing Business Cards

29. Printed sheets entering Thermo unit

30. Thermo powder applied and vacuum

31. Thermo powder melts and fuses with ink and dried

33. Ink to Paper Recap Printing Technologies Printing Press Types Sheet-fed Presses Web-fed Presses Themography Quoting Variables