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

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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

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

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Hand Mounting Plates

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Auto Plate Hangers for Precise Color Registration

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Feed End of Sheetfed

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Checking Color during Make-ready Phase on 5 color

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Heidelberg DI Press using Polyester Plates mounted inside Press

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Checking a Press Sheet Against a Match Print Proof

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Using a Loop to Check Final Registration

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Ink to Paper Press Types Web Presses Cold Web Heatset Web

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

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Feed End of Cold Forms Web Press

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Job Make-ready on Forms Web Press

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Forms Job Running--Delivery End

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

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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

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

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Press Operator Printing Business Cards

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Printed sheets entering Thermo unit

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Thermo powder applied and vacuum

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Thermo powder melts and fuses with ink and dried

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