PCC Publication Design Printing and Finishing
How are things printed? - Answer: · Solid areas of color
-Can be printed using a specific ink color (Pantone)
· Can also be reproduced using halftones + process colors (CMYK)
Continuous images - Answer: · Gradients/transitions from lights to darks
· Printed using halftones/process colors (CMYK)
How are continuous images printed? - Answer: Printed using halftones/process colors (CMYK)
Special printing techniques - Answer: · Screen tints
-Different tints of one color
-Moving dots away from each other
· Overprinting
-Printing one ink on top of the other
-Can create a new color from mixing
-Easy way to lower the cost of your job
· Double hit
-Printing same color twice to intensify color
What is a screen tint? - Answer: -Different tints of one color
-Moving dots away from each other
What is overprinting? - Answer: -Printing one ink on top of the other
-Can create a new color from mixing
-Easy way to lower the cost of your job
, PCC Publication Design Printing and Finishing
What is a double hit? - Answer: -Printing same color twice to intensify color
Letterpress history - Answer: · Gutenberg's press (1440)
-Credited with developing 3 things
1. Metal mixture to form reusable type
-Lead, tin, antimony, cooled fast to get to press quickly
2. Oil-based ink
-Would stick to metal type and transfer to paper
3. Press
-Provided firm, even pressure to ink and type
What 3 things did Gutenburg create? - Answer: 1. Metal mixture to form reusable type
-Lead, tin, antimony, cooled fast to get to press quickly
2. Oil-based ink
-Would stick to metal type and transfer to paper
3. Press
-Provided firm, even pressure to ink and type
Offset printing history - Answer: · First offset press created by Robert Barclay (1875)
· Offset press using rubber transfer cylinder created accidentally by Ira Rubel (1903)
· Called offset because the plate is not printing directly to the paper
-Offset onto a blanket cylinder (picks up ink to transfer to paper)
Who created the offset printer? When? - Answer: Robert Barclay, 1875
Who created the letterpress? When? - Answer: Johannes Gutenburg, 1440
How are things printed? - Answer: · Solid areas of color
-Can be printed using a specific ink color (Pantone)
· Can also be reproduced using halftones + process colors (CMYK)
Continuous images - Answer: · Gradients/transitions from lights to darks
· Printed using halftones/process colors (CMYK)
How are continuous images printed? - Answer: Printed using halftones/process colors (CMYK)
Special printing techniques - Answer: · Screen tints
-Different tints of one color
-Moving dots away from each other
· Overprinting
-Printing one ink on top of the other
-Can create a new color from mixing
-Easy way to lower the cost of your job
· Double hit
-Printing same color twice to intensify color
What is a screen tint? - Answer: -Different tints of one color
-Moving dots away from each other
What is overprinting? - Answer: -Printing one ink on top of the other
-Can create a new color from mixing
-Easy way to lower the cost of your job
, PCC Publication Design Printing and Finishing
What is a double hit? - Answer: -Printing same color twice to intensify color
Letterpress history - Answer: · Gutenberg's press (1440)
-Credited with developing 3 things
1. Metal mixture to form reusable type
-Lead, tin, antimony, cooled fast to get to press quickly
2. Oil-based ink
-Would stick to metal type and transfer to paper
3. Press
-Provided firm, even pressure to ink and type
What 3 things did Gutenburg create? - Answer: 1. Metal mixture to form reusable type
-Lead, tin, antimony, cooled fast to get to press quickly
2. Oil-based ink
-Would stick to metal type and transfer to paper
3. Press
-Provided firm, even pressure to ink and type
Offset printing history - Answer: · First offset press created by Robert Barclay (1875)
· Offset press using rubber transfer cylinder created accidentally by Ira Rubel (1903)
· Called offset because the plate is not printing directly to the paper
-Offset onto a blanket cylinder (picks up ink to transfer to paper)
Who created the offset printer? When? - Answer: Robert Barclay, 1875
Who created the letterpress? When? - Answer: Johannes Gutenburg, 1440
