VCT 3090 Final Exam

print one side of press sheet with 1 set of plates and the other side with a different set of plates using the same gripper - Correct Ans-Work and back Creating multi page document, the page count should be divisible by _____ - Correct Ans-6 _____ spreads are the preferred method for creating multi page documents in InDesign - Correct Ans-Reader Before a multipage job goes to press, the printer will usually create a dummy booklet called a _____ - Correct Ans-Blue line T/F 64 page saddle stitched book on heavy paper would experience page creep in the center pages - Correct Ans-True T/F Creating a printed piece with a fold in panel (letter fold), all of the panels will be the same size - Correct Ans-False T/F Packaging and die cut pieces with flaps often utilize 'nested' impositions - Correct Ans-True When creating 4x5 card in InDesign, document size should be _____ - Correct Ans-4x5 Multi page pieces are imposed, the printed sheet is folded to become a group of pages called a _____ - Correct Ans-Signature What is the technical name for an unprinted folded signature? - Correct Ans-Folding dummy In normal trapping mode, what determines which color is "trapped" - Correct Ans-Lighter traps darker ____ overprints any color and does not need to be trapped - Correct Ans-Black First person a design client contacts to get things in motion by initiating a job's entry into a printing plant's workflow - Correct Ans-Sales Similar to an air traffic controller in that this person tracks all the jobs running through a printing plant at any given time - Correct Ans-Scheduler Establishes the basic flow of a job, including the timeline - Correct Ans-Planner Determines a job's cost, inclduing labor, paper, ink & proofing materials as well as press time and bindery time - Correct Ans-Estimator Person is fluent in both design-speak and printing concepts and can act as a translator to keep the lines of communication open between client and print production staff - Correct Ans-CSR Sometimes printing companies wil make changes to customer's files to achieve better results on press. An example may be to change a large solid area of black to _____ - Correct Ans-Rich black The term ______ refers to the process of getting the press up to speed and the ink behavior optimal. - Correct Ans-Makeready When your job begins production it will be through through a process to check for potential errors and problems. This is called ____ - Correct Ans-Preflight Placing individual pages in the proper pagination for plate making is called ____ - Correct Ans-Imposition Proofs that are signed off on by the customer are called _____ proofs because they are what the printer must match on press. - Correct Ans-Contract AM/FM halfone screening: requires different angles for each color to avoid moire - Correct Ans-AM AM/FM halfone screening: uses a random distribution of very small dots - Correct Ans-FM AM/FM halfone screening: prints rows of dots at varying sizes to produce shades of tones - Correct Ans-AM AM/FM halfone screening: used by all inkjet printers - Correct Ans-FM When inks sink into absorbent stock and spread this is called _____ - Correct Ans-Dot gain Frequency of halftone dots is measure in ____ - Correct Ans-LPI T/F In order to print a bright orange (BGSU orange) accurately I would need a spot color. - Correct Ans-True When dissimilar color areas meet with no ink in common, ____ is applied to avoid white gaps when misregistration occurs. - Correct Ans-Trapping ___ type of coating is water-based - Correct Ans-Aqueous The black in black & white printing is black_____ and the white is _____ - Correct Ans-ink & paper dots in black and white halfone image are usually printed at a ______ degree angle - Correct Ans-45 In trapping the ____ color defines the edge of objects being trapped - Correct Ans-Darker ___ coatings are cured by a special light for quick drying - Correct Ans-UV There are certain ink colors which are very problematic when printing, one specific color is ___ - Correct Ans-Reflex blue T/F Anyone is allowed to write software the creates, reads or edits PDF files. - Correct Ans-True T/F PDF/A settings are based on standard geared towards variable data print files - Correct Ans-False T/F zip is a lossy compression method used by PDF to reduce file size - Correct Ans-False T/F All font vendors allow for font embedding in PDF - Correct Ans-False In order to edit PDF with stickies and highlights you need ____ - Correct Ans-Adobe Acrobat Most common requested PDF format for PRINT is ____ - Correct Ans-PDF/X-1a PDF version allows color managed RGB content and transparency - Correct Ans-PDF/X-4 If you are required to edit PDF files frequentlym you should add the editor ______ - Correct Ans-PitStop (Collate/ ____ / Trim) First and last folio on signature 1 with binders creep - Correct Ans-Saddle stitch (Collate / Glue / Trim) Stack signatures on top of eachother & grind - Correct Ans-Perfect binding In trapping the _____ color spreads or chokes - Correct Ans-Lighter When 2 colors that have common CMYK color and is trapped itself.. this is called ____ - Correct Ans-Self trapping variable data printing (Xmpie) What press is this run on? - Correct Ans-Electrostatic ____ inch is the standard bleed size - Correct Ans-1/8 Most common file formats to use for print are _____, ______, ____, ______. - Correct Ans-TIFF, EPS, JPEG, PDF an ink mixture of solid black over one or more of the other CMYK colors, resulting in a darker tone than black ink alone generates in a printing process - Correct Ans-Rich black The resolution of images should be ____ times the halftone screen ruling - Correct Ans-2 Converts fonts and graphics into raster images by interpreting the code and creating pixels to represent the image - Correct Ans-RIP System to reduce overprinted halftone dot sizes of C, M or Y when it acts as a graying component by increasing the appropriate black halftone dot sizes to achieve a color parity with less process ink and improved printing conditions. - Correct Ans-GCR Positioning of images on press-sheet to accommodate folding, binding, trimming & other finishing - Correct Ans-Imposition