Understanding Ink on Paper Randy Thompson Director, Business Development Basics of Printing

Ink to Paper Printing Technologies Offset Lithography Ink to plate….to blanket….to paper Flexography Ink to raised rubber plate image….to paper Thermography Raised printing using special ink and powders Digital Printing Plate-less printing--Ink-jet, Thermal Transfer, Xerography

Ink to Paper Press types Sheetfed Small to Large Sheets in / Sheets out Single to Multiple Color Printing Most common presses used

Hand Mounting Plates

Auto Plate Hangers for Precise Color Registration

Feed End of Sheetfed

Checking Color during Make-ready Phase on 5 color

Heidelberg DI Press using Polyester Plates mounted inside Press

Checking a Press Sheet Against a Match Print Proof

Using a Loop to Check Final Registration

Ink to Paper Press Types Web Presses Cold Web Heatset Web

Ink to Paper Press Types Cold Web Fed by rolls of paper Roll to Roll or Roll to Sheet Smaller formats Forms Production Newsprint

Feed End of Cold Forms Web Press

Job Make-ready on Forms Web Press

Forms Job Running--Delivery End

Perfecting Turnbar in-between print towers on Cold Forms Web press

Ink to Paper Press types Heatset Web Commercial Long run Half and Full Web sizes 4 color and up Heat tunnel dries, or “sets” inks printed Magazines, catalogs, long run collateral

Ink to Paper Thermography Raised Printing Print with slow dry ink Sprinkle special heat reactive powder Vacuum off excess Run through Heat Tunnel Powder melts…mixes with ink and dries leaving “raised” image

Press Operator Printing Business Cards

Printed sheets entering Thermo unit

Thermo powder applied and vacuum

Thermo powder melts and fuses with ink and dried

Ink to Paper Recap Printing Technologies Printing Press Types Sheet-fed Presses Web-fed Presses Themography Quoting Variables