Sunday, March 27, 2011

march 28

agenda

Practice quizzes

Questions over Chapter 7?

Discuss lithography_ use these images from the NSCC online Course Content page: Week 6, IV.
History of Lithography, a-v.

Show Progressive Printing video 6:16

Show How Magazine Printing Works 1:19

Show magazine design, production & print 2:12

Show CTP_computer to plate 4:22


Take chapter 7 quiz?

Discuss schedule and course content

For next week.........
• checkout Sketchup (see online course content or link on this page)
• print out the bookbinding vocabulary (see week 8)

Do you know what your current grade is?

Turn in Journal

Print out 4-Color Separations activity
Print dialog boxes
File>Page Setup or File>Print
At Layout, check Separations. Registration: Centered
Setup>Page Positioning: Center

At Create a Report, use the "create report and collect layout, screen fonts, printer fonts" option. Sometimes, you may need to check Report only for just the report.

Review the Color Wheel assignment


Box Dummy assignment


Discuss Ch 8

Watch:


Hatch Show Print 8:00 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pniaea9CsBY&feature=related


Old Skool Letterpress Printing, using metal type 1:00 minute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNBb98N79nM&feature=related



Platen Press and the effect of letterpress on a substrate 1:46

https://elearn.nscc.edu/d2l/lms/content/preview.d2l?tId=15904484&ou=1827058


Large Format Ink Jet Printing 2:08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBH3dPYfsLc&feature=related

shows digital imaging >raster imaging processing 2:08

discusses digital imaging, RIP, printing using large format ink jet printer



Flexo 4:00 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NYHOgGEjRI&feature=related


Silk Screen 10:00 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF4F0RpACCg&feature=related


We watched already............

Stochastic Printing 5:12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYtp09GkTI&NR=1


Later on or on your own…..


Photopolymer plate making for letterpress 8:53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaLq-71hk4&feature=related


Poster assignment_in Q&A



Saturday, March 26, 2011

poster assignment

graphic processes

poster assignment

Create a poster using either silkscreen or letterpress (Hatch Show Print) printing processes.

Size: 11 x 17 inches
Color: 3

You decide the client and concept.

Fill out a job ticket.

Design, print and mount.

This layout should exemplify "good design".

What are five criteria for "good design" in print production?

After you have listed the five criteria, look at these links:


Saturday, March 12, 2011

march 21

agenda

Practice quizzes

Discuss chapter 7, using text and study questions

Discuss lithography_ use these images from the NSCC online Course Content page: Week 6, IV.
History of Lithography, a-v.

Show Progressive Printing video 6:16

Show How Magazine Printing Works 1:19

Show magazine design, production & print 2:12

Show CTP_computer to plate 4:22

chapter 7

review.........

lithography

planography

offset lithography

flexography

most lithography plates are made of aluminum

substrate

waterless printing_advantages and disadvantages

web press vs. sheet fed press

basic components of an offset press

grippers and effect on design

bleed

cutoff

IPH

dampening rollers

ganging_two-up, four-up

makeready

backups

crossover

perfecting presses

platen presses

flat-bed presses

printing problems & defects

mottling

scumming

slurring

moirés

picking

hickies

ghosting

press check

anti-offset powder

blanket cylinder

chill roller

color match

density

doubling

heatset web

IPH

offset printing

open web

plate cylinder

press check

press time

printing unit

right reading

setoff

web break

web pull


Take chapter 7 quiz

Discuss schedule and course content

For next week.........
• checkout Sketchup (see online course content or link on this page)
• print out the bookbinding vocabulary (see week 8)

Do you know what your current grade is?

Turn in Journal

Presentations

Finish 4-Color Separations activity (see february 28)


Discuss Ch 8

Watch:


Hatch Show Print 8:00 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pniaea9CsBY&feature=related


Old Skool Letterpress Printing, using metal type 1:00 minute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNBb98N79nM&feature=related



Platen Press and the effect of letterpress on a substrate 1:46

https://elearn.nscc.edu/d2l/lms/content/preview.d2l?tId=15904484&ou=1827058


Large Format Ink Jet Printing 2:08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBH3dPYfsLc&feature=related

shows digital imaging >raster imaging processing 2:08

discusses digital imaging, RIP, printing using large format ink jet printer



Flexo 4:00 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NYHOgGEjRI&feature=related


Silk Screen 10:00 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF4F0RpACCg&feature=related


We watched already............

Stochastic Printing 5:12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYtp09GkTI&NR=1


Later on or on your own…..


Photopolymer plate making for letterpress 8:53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaLq-71hk4&feature=related



Color Wheel assignment (see february 28)