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1 Gravure Printing Cale Polkinghorne

2 Historical Background
Italian Renaissance 1300’s. Engravings and etching into soft copper. A channel or sunken area is left, this holds the ink. Intaglio is the term used to describe gravure printing (Italian for printing in a sunken surface)

3 “Roto” Gravure Roto means Round. Term used for Industrial Intaglio.
Roto Gravure is printing from a cylinder. Web Fed Slitter ( devise used to cut sheets at the end of of the press)

4 Gravure Industry Simplest of all printing systems.
Fastest press start up. Very little paper waste (half the paper waste of lithography). Speed is extremely high. 45,000 copies an hour.

5 Gravure Industry (continued)
Some run 20 million copies without cylinder wearing out. Highest quality image.

6 Industry Organization
3 types of printing Packing Printing Publication Printing Specialty Printing

7 Packaging Printing This includes producing and folding. Cartons Boxes
Bags Gift wrappers Labels

8 Publication Printing This includes Printing Newspaper Supplements
Magazines Catalogs Mass Mailing Advertisements

9 Specialty Printing Used to Print such materials as Wallpaper Vinyl
Floor covering Textiles (decoration and clothing)


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