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Ink and ink manufacturing
Ink is transferred from a plate or stencil to paper some other material during the printing process. The ink forms the image on the printed product. Over two thousand years ago, the Chinese made and used inks to print from wood blocks. ... ...
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Finishing printing materials
Finishing refers to any of several operations that may be performed on printed material after it has left the press. The most common finishing operations are cutting, folding, and gathering. Other finishing technigues include scoring, perforating, dr ... ...
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Heat transfer printing
Heat transfer or sublimation printing is not a new process. However, not until recently has the technigue grown rapidly. Today, heat transfer printing is used to print fabrics. ... ...
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Ink jet printing
Ink jet printing is a non-contact printing process. No printing surface such as type, plates made by photographic means, or film are needed. ... ...
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Digital printing
For the reader the digital print is identical to the conventional print. The print is built from ink and paper and seen by the eye in exactly the same way. The big difference is how the print is produced. ... ...
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Producing casebound books
CASEMAKING. The case is the cover of a hardbound book. It consists of two Pieces of binder's board and strip of heavy paper that have been glued to a piece of binding cloth ... ... ... ...
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Screen-process printing
Another printing method is to print by forcing ink through openings or holes in a stencil. One common type of stencil printing is screen-process printing. This method is also called stencil printing, screen printing and silk screen printing... ... ... ...
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Planographic or lithographic printing
To print from a flat surface is also possible. Planographic and lithographic are both terms that describe methods of printing from a flat surface... ... ... ...
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Gravure or intaglio printing
Relief printing transfers ink from araised surface to paper. The gravure process is just the opposite. In gravure printing, ink is transferred from a lowered surface to paper. The image area of a gravure plate is cut below or into the surface of the ... ...
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Relief or Letterpress Printing
When ink is applied to a raised surface and paper is pressed against the inked surface, the ink is transferred to the paper. Relief and letterpress are terms that describe printing methods that use this principle... ... ... ...
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