history of printing
Woodblock
Gutenberg
Intaglio (Engraving)
Lithography
Offset
Flexography
Screen Printing
Digital Printing
line art vs. continuous tone art
spi, dpi, ppi, lpi
halftones and separations
CMYK
four color process printing
imposition
inches, points and picas
prepress to press workflow
type and fonts_issues connected to printing
raster and vector
scanning formula
trapping
film
proofs
plates
color
RGB vs CMYK
additive vs subtracttive
purpose of color models and color management
important color models
spot vs process colors
pantone colors
crop marks & trim marks
paper
coated vs uncoated
effect on the printed piece
printing processes
offset
inkjet
flexography
letterpress
screen
digital
engraving
gravure
finishing
emboss
foli stamp
binding
a printing job ticket (or checklist)
