Article
Article
Printing
Article By:
Levenson, Harvey R. Graphic Communication Institute, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.545300
- Evolution of Modern Printing
- Composition
- Typesetting
- Desktop publishing
- Process Photography
- Copy preparation
- Films
- Halftone photography
- Digital halftones
- Color Reproduction
- Primary colors
- Color separation
- Primary color inks
- Neutral gray
- Variables
- Proofing
- Virtual proofs
- Remote hard-copy and remote proofing
- Image Assembly and Imposition
- Platemaking
- Platemaking processes
- Photoengraving
- Photopolymer plates
- Flexographic platemaking
- Gravure platemaking and cylinder making
- Lithographic platemaking
- Digital plates
- Printing Processes
- Offset lithography
- Relief printing
- Intaglio printing
- Screen printing
- Screenless printing
- Digital printing
- Printing Inks
- Paste inks
- Sheet-fed inks
- Ultraviolet curing
- Electron-beam curing
- Packaging inks
- Publication gravure
- Screen-printing inks
- Printing Papers
- Letterpress
- Flexography
- Offset lithography
- Gravure
- Uncoated papers
- Coated papers
- Ink-jet printing
- Recycled papers
- Synthetic paper
- Finishing Processes
- Related Primary Literature
- Additional Reading
The processes for reproducing text and images using ink on paper. These include all the processes from typesetting through finishing of the printed product. Prepress operations for conventional plate processes consist of layout and design, typesetting, and platemaking. Traditionally, these were manual labor-intensive operations, but now most are digital, using desktop publishing systems.
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