PKSC 4300: Printing exam
1. define a substrate: material that is flat and thin in one dimension
2. define a web: roll-fed substrate that travels through a converting machine
3. define a coating: material applied to a web in liquid or molten state
4. define a roll coater: equipment that applies a liquid coating with rollers
5. define printing: applying pigmented coating to a web with rollers
6. What is a process print?: using small dots of multiple colors to print
7. What is a spot print: AKA line print
- printing a full coverage with a single color
8. What are the predominant printing technologies used in flexible packaging?-
: 1) Flexographic
2) Rotogravure
1/3
, - both don't offer variable printing
9. What is true about flexible printing methods?: - selective application: ink is applied in select
location
- metering involves controlling weight and color which adds complexity
10. What is the general steps of making plates?: 1) making the initial artwork
2) separation of colors
3) making printing surfaces
4) printing
11. Describe the separation of colors: - because printing happens one color at a time, the colors are
separated into their CMYK colors
- results are seen in a color key; show how design is printed on press
12. Define a Gamut: Colors that can be produced reached by CMYK
13. Describe flexography: - typographic process; printing surface is raised
- indirect process: metering and application separate processes
- doesn't work well if there isn't a break in graphic design
14. What is the flexographic print plate production process?: 1) Expose negative from
2/3
1. define a substrate: material that is flat and thin in one dimension
2. define a web: roll-fed substrate that travels through a converting machine
3. define a coating: material applied to a web in liquid or molten state
4. define a roll coater: equipment that applies a liquid coating with rollers
5. define printing: applying pigmented coating to a web with rollers
6. What is a process print?: using small dots of multiple colors to print
7. What is a spot print: AKA line print
- printing a full coverage with a single color
8. What are the predominant printing technologies used in flexible packaging?-
: 1) Flexographic
2) Rotogravure
1/3
, - both don't offer variable printing
9. What is true about flexible printing methods?: - selective application: ink is applied in select
location
- metering involves controlling weight and color which adds complexity
10. What is the general steps of making plates?: 1) making the initial artwork
2) separation of colors
3) making printing surfaces
4) printing
11. Describe the separation of colors: - because printing happens one color at a time, the colors are
separated into their CMYK colors
- results are seen in a color key; show how design is printed on press
12. Define a Gamut: Colors that can be produced reached by CMYK
13. Describe flexography: - typographic process; printing surface is raised
- indirect process: metering and application separate processes
- doesn't work well if there isn't a break in graphic design
14. What is the flexographic print plate production process?: 1) Expose negative from
2/3
