Monday, January 23, 2012

Chapters 1, 2 and 3 Review

One thing we learn about in this class is what a folding dummy is. A folding dummy is a handmade replica of what a printed piece should look like. It also shows where the gripper margin is supposed to be, which is something that needs to be taken into account when getting ready to print something.

Finishing processes can include a variety of things such as coating the printed product to protect it or highlight certain areas with a glossy look, die cutting, stringing/hole drilling, eyelets and double mounting. All of these things have to be done after the paper or other substrate is completely done with printing. Other processes include: trimming, folding and mounting. There are many finishing processes you can choose from to add extra pizzazz to your product.

An imagesetter is a high resolution output device that is able to transfer electronic text and graphics directly to photo-sensitice paper, film or plates. It can be thought of as a very high quality expensive printer. Imagesetters use a laser and a dedicated raster image processor.

There are 12 points to a pica. A measurement in picas is usually represented by a lowercase "p". Points are the smallest unit in typography and it is commonly abbreviated as "pt". Points are the usual measurement for font size and leading, while picas usually measure lines of type.

Die cutting is a manufacturing process of cutting out many of the same shape in different substrates. The die shapes are often called "blanks". Cookie cutters can be considered useful for die cutting. Each blank is exactly the same size and shape and can be helpful when you need to produce a lot of the same thing.

Registration in printing is important because when you have your final product, all colors and images need to be lined up correctly. There are many types of registration such as: T-bar, pin-hole, and eye-balling.

The importance of a raster image processor (RIP) is that it converts digital data into something a printer can understand. The term RIP is generally used to describe software applications used to enhance the printing process in different ways.

Variable data printing offers customized, targeted products that can apply to a general group, a specific group of people or an individual person. VDP allows us to customize a product such as a postcard advertisement that can appeal to a single person or a group of people.

A two color print job is best when you are trying to create something such as a logo that has a vibrant color that only Pantone can achieve. You should use a 4 color CMYK printing process when you are printing things such as photographs. A two color print job allows you to get unique colors that wouldn't look quite right if you were using CMYK.

DPI stands for dots per inch and it measures the density of dots in an image, when in turn tells us the resolution of an image. LPI stands for lines per inch. It tells us how close the lines are together. The closer the lines, the greater the resolution. PPI stands for stands for pixels per inch and it is used as a unit of measurement on a computer screening, also telling what the resolution of an image is.

Spot color printing is a type of printing that uses one or more pre-mixed colors. Spot printing uses a color system called Pantone. CMYK printing uses the colors cyan, magenta, yellow and black to print with. The colors are mixed to create various colors on a printed piece.

Sources:
http://www.marketing-playbook.com/glossary/index.php/term/%26%23160%3B,Folding+dummy.xhtml
http://www.talonzippers.com/trim_solutions/print/finishing_process/
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci825229,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography)
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-die-cutting.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_registration
http://www.ppmag.com/web-exclusives/2009/03/raster-image-processors-rips-1-1.html
http://www.dcfb.com/Pages/2-color-designs.html
http://www.visiondesign.com/2010/04/printing-cmyk-vs-spot-color/

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