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Print Processes
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PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Digital workflow
PREPRESS
Text & Graphics integration
Output simulation soft proof
PostScript data file
Raster image processing
Digital proof hard copy
Computer to plate
Computer to film
Computer to press
with Master
Platemaking
Masterless
PRINTING
sheet or web
FINISHING
Professional Practice
PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Printing processes
PREPRESS
PRINTING
FINISHING
sheet or web
Conventional
Non-impact
with Master
Masterless
Flexo
Electro-photographic
powder / liquid toner
Gravure
Ion Deposition
Screen
Magnetography
Litho
Thermography
Conventional
Inkjet
Offset
continuous / on demand
Waterless
Offset
Professional Practice
PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Printing processes
P
Trends from 1995 to 2010 (Bruno, 1995)
PRINTING PROCESS
1995
2000
2010
Lithography
46%
42%
30%
Gravure
18%
17%
15%
Flexography
7%
6%
5%
Screen & others
3%
3%
3%
Non-impact (digital)
8%
13%
25%
Professional Practice
PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Printing processes
P
CONVENTIONAL LITHOGRAPHY
Plate is critical image carrier
" made from imagesetter film, or by computer-to-plate
• on-press or off-press
Used for long runs of fixed data
optimal run length - 5,000 or more impressions
DIGITAL PRINTING (NON-IMPACT)
Print is imaged from the data without plates
e.g. Xeikon, Indigo E-print
Used for print-on-demand, short-run jobs
• also used for variable data jobs
• optimal run length - up to 500 impressions
Professional Practice
PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Printing processes
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DIGITAL
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SHORT
MEDIUM
LONG
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100 - 1000
5000 - 25000
50000 +
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RUN (number of copies)
Professional Practice
PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Printing processes
P
FIXED VERSUS VARIABLE DATA
Fixed data
each impression is the same as all the others
applications
• mass produced publications
Variable data
not a new idea
applications
• database printing
• numbering machines
e.g. a magazine is fixed data but the address is variable data
Professional Practice
PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Printing processes
DATABASE PRINTING
Targeted mailings and zoned advertising
customised magazines
Names and addresses
personalised printing
Not just names and addresses
buying and shopping habits
recent lifestyle changes
• new baby
• new car or house
targeted advertising
Professional Practice
PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Finishing
FINISHING
Cutting / Trimming
Machine folding
Special finishing
Varnishing
Lamination
BINDING
Delivery
Professional Practice
PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Finishing
FINISHING
Punching
Cutting / Trimming
Drilling
Perforating
Machine folding
Embosing
Holography
Foil blocking
Special finishing
Thermography
Die cutting
Varnishing
Laser cutting
Paper engineering
Lamination
BINDING
Delivery
Professional Practice
PRINTING PROCESSES
BAGC3
The Printing Process: Finishing
FINISHING
Cutting / Trimming
Machine folding
Special finishing
Varnishing
Lamination
BINDING
Adhesive (perfect) binding
Stitching
Delivery
Paid (e)Books
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