Printing Papers

Print Classification

Printing Inks

newspapers
magazines
books
advertising
commercial

Printing Papers

Printing Papers

Print Classification

Printing Processes

business forms, stationery

letterpress

greeting cards

litho - offset

security

gravure

maps

flexography

packaging

screen printing

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Printing Processes

Converting Processes

thermography

coating

die stamping

varnishing

collotype

lamination

electrostatic

bronzing

ink jet

Stamping
embossing

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Converting Processes

Paper Requirements

diecutting

printability

folding

runnability

scoring

End use

stapling, stitching

life expectancy

cutting, binding
gluing

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Paper Packings

Artists Originals

sheets
roll, reel, or web

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Photographic Originals

CMYK

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Special Colours

Pantone Hexachrome
process yellow fluorescent pigment
visible

process magenta fluorescent pigment

pantone
printing

process cyan

colour monitor

orange fluorescent pigment

green based on yellow cyan mix
black with alkali blue toner

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Paste Inks

Liquid Inks

Litho offset

sheet fed
web fed cold set
web fed heat set
UV, infra-red, EB
dry-offset, waterless

Letterpress

sheet fed
web fed
letterset
UV, infra-red, EB

Screen process

all types

Flexography
Gravure

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Ingradients

Colour Strength

colouring matter

pigments and dyes

vehicles

varnishes and resins

solvents

oil, water, xylol,

acetone, keytone, etc.

Additives

driers, waxes,
anti-oxidents, etc.

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Colour Strength vs Dot Gain

Dot Gain

100

Dot %

dot size
on print

dot size on
film

50

0
0

0.30

0.60

0.90

dot gain

1.20

Solid density

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Hue Error

Toners and Inks

B

energy

100

0
500

400

600

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Toners and Inks

Toners and Inks

energy

100

energy

100

700

0
400

500

600

700

400

500

600

700

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Grey Error

Lithographic Problems
scumming

poor platemaking
inadequate gum
dirty dampeners
fount pH too high
low ink rheology
water soluble paper
ingradients

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Lithographic Problems

Rheological Problems

tinting

pigment bleeding

tack and tack stability

ink-in-water emulsion
poor ink flow
stripping

poor roller setting

sensitized copper rollers
hydrophilic ink component

piling

ink breakdown
viscosity

overemulsification ink-in-water
ink rheology breakdown
poor ink distribution

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Drying Problems

Reproduction Problems

ink markings on the machine parts

finish

set - off

gloss

rub - off

dot gain

rapid drying on ink rollers

dot loss

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Trapping

Trapping

overprint
2 nd colour
1 st colour

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Dot Gain

Tone Reproduction
(Print Density)

Even

Uneven

paper

ink

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Tone Reproduction
(Print Density)

Tone Reproduction
(Print Density)

print
density

ideal
limit

art paper
glossy inks

art paper
glossy inks

uncoated
board

uncoated
board
dirty base
white base

density of original

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Other Factors

quickset

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fast drying
print gloss
water pick-up
low odour
environment friendly

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