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11/15/2009

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A substance that is an insulator in the absence of light, but becomes a conductor when exposed to light is called...
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a photoconductor
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Toner-based digital printing is an example of ___ printing.
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Electrophotographic
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A unique characteristic of digital printing is that it..
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Does not require a permanent master
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The electrophotographic printing process was invented by...
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Chester Carlson
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In digital printing bonding toner to the substrate is typically accomplished using...
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heat and pressure
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In electrophotography the process of bonding toner to a substrate is called..
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Fusing
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(Digital Printing) In the diagram above the toner-based digital printing process the sequence is
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Charge, Image, Develop, Transfer, Fuse, Clean
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One advantage of digital printing over conventional printing processes is...
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Digital printing has a lower makeready cost
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Two different types of ink jet technology are...
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Continuous and Drop on Demand
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The two types of drop on demand inkjet printing are..
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Piezo-electric and thermal
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Inkjet drop volume is measured in picoliters, which represent...
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a trillionth of a liter
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A common technology used to print a cash register receipt is...
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D1T1
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The Kodak Approval is an example of a(n) ___ printer
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Dye Sublimation
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The technology used in a home ink jet printer is classified as...
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Drop on demand
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Dye Diffusion thermal Transfer printing is called ___ printing
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D2T2
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Typically, to print a building wrap ___ technology would be used
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wide format inkjet
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Continuous inkjet technology is typically used for...
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Industrial Applications
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The final exam is..
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Monday November 16
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Building wraps are expensive because
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Typically pricing includes installation, removal, etc
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In Inkjet Printing
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width and length are almost unlimited
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In the flexographic process image areas are..
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Raised
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Flexography was originally called..
Definition
Aniline printing
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The introduction of the ___ improved metering of ink to the plate.
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Anilox roller
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Circumferential distortion occurring in flexographic printing is compensated for...
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in the prerpess process
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The anilox roller directly controls..
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The amount of ink applied to the plate.
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Flexography is unique in that..
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The diameter of the plate cylinder can be changed, the scoop volume of the anlox roller can be changed, flexographic presses allow for variable repeat lengths (all of the above)
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In flexographic printing there is..
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Minimal or Kiss impression
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Flexographic inks could be characterize as..
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Low viscosity
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The purpose of the doctor blade in flexograpy is to..
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Remove excess ink from the anilox roller
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Three common types of flexographic presses are..
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Stack, Inline, Common Impression Cylinder
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The best type of flexographic press to print a thin, stretchable substrate would be..
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Common impressio cylinder press
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In the U.S. about __ of packaging is printed using flexography.
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40%
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A unique identifying characteristic of flexographic printing is...
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Halation at the edges of type
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Substrates that can be printed using flexography are..
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Plastic, paper, corrugated board (all the above)
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In fleography ink is transferred to the anilox roller by...
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the ink roller
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Identify the components of a flexographic press
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ink roller
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Review the diagrams for printing processes
Definition
Term
The modern screen printing process was patented by..
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Samuel Simon
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Screen printing is also known as..
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Serigraphy
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The use of screen material is important because it...
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Connects letter and halftone dots, meters the ink flow
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The fineness of a screen is described by..
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Threads per inch
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A natural material commonly used to make screen fabrc is..
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Silk
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The open area of the stencil represent..
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The image areas
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Stencils can be..
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Manually cut, photographic direct method, photographic, indirect method (all of the above)
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Photographic stencils are created by using a...
Definition
Film positive
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A photographic stencil ismade by exposing the stencil to..
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A UV light source
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To print a substrate the screen printing process requires __ impression
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Minimal
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Flat to round screen printing technology is typically used for printing...
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bottles
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One characteristic of screen printed materials is..
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A thick ink film
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A limiting factor in the resolution of a screen printed halftone is...
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The fineness of the screen
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The purpose of the squeegee is to..
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Push ink through the image area of the stencil
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Common applications for screen printing are..
Definition
Signs and bottles
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A difference between direct and indirect photographic stencils is...
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A direct stencil is created on the screen
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A clue that screen printing was used to print a substrate is..
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Breaks in small positive type and small reverse type filling in with ink (both a and c)
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A process that is sometimes mistaken for screen printing is..
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pad printing
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The purpose of having the screen slightly off contact from the substrate is to..
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Create a sharper print
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Pad printing would be preferable to screen printing to print..
Definition
a golf ball
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In gravure printing the image area of the cylinder is..
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Recessed
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A feature of gravure printing is the use of __ inks
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Low viscosity
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All type, lines, and images on a gravure cylinder are..
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Engraved as cells
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The five basic components of a gravure press are..
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Cylinder, ink fountain, impression roller, doctor blade, dryer
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The gravure process is typically used for press runs..
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in excess of one million impressions
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The three sectors of gravure printing are..
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publication, packaging, product
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A vinyl floor with a printed pattern would be an example of __ gravure
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product
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Typically, the engraved portion of a gravure cylinder is made of...
Definition
copper
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In gravure printing the purpose of the doctor blade is..
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Remove ink from the non-image areas of the cylinder
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Typically, publication gravure inks contain over __ solvent content.
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60%
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In addition to printing the gravure process can be used to apply..
Definition
Heat-seal coatings, cold-seal coatings, adhesive coatings (all the above)
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Gravure printing would be chosen for
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Long run economy and high quality photo reproduction
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In gravure printing ink is transferred to the cylinder..
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By immersing the cylinder int he ink fountain
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In gravure printing ink is transferred to the substrate by..
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Capillary action and pressure
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In gravure printing viscosity is a measure of
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The inks resistance to flow
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A distinguishing characteristic of gravure printing is..
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A cell pattern in all lines and type
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Compared to other plate making processes the cost of making a lithographic plate is...
Definition
Lower
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Lithography was invented by..
Definition
Alois Senefelder
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Describing a lithographic plate as having a planographic surface means..
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Image and non-image areas are on the same level
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A key to successful lithographic printing is..
Definition
Ink and water balance
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According to New Medium of Print the advantages for catalogs using a web interface versus the catalog/ call center interface is:
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Elimination of catalog mailing costs, unmanned server replaces manned call center. No cafeterias/ bathrooms needed.ability to change content of online catalog instantly (all of the above)
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A small offset lithographic press is commonly called..
Definition
A duplicator
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Two major categories of offset presses are..
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Sheetfed and web
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Ink drying on a sheetfed press is refeerred to as..
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Oxidative Polymerization
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A typical lithographic plate is made form..
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Aluminum
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In offset lithography the continual process of ink splitting is important because..
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It creates a thin even ink film on the substrate
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In offset lithography ink drying occurs...
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After all colors are printed.
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According to Pocket Pal the advantages of offset lithography are:
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The rubber blanket conforms to irregular printing surface and plate life is extended due to the paper not contracting the printing plate
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Cold ink setting is commonly used for..
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newspapers
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Typically, lithographic platesetters image plates using..
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Visible or infrared laser
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The principle method of process control on a lithographic press is control
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Solid ink density
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The diagram at right best illustrates...
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A blanket to blanket web press.
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The SWOP stands for..
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Specifications for web offset pubication
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In terms of total number of establishment (plants, shops, etc) printing is the #__ ranked industry in the US.
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1
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Which of the following technologies was essential for the development of printing?
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Written language, paper, ink (all of the above)
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The first Roman type font created by..
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Nicholas Jenson
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codex is latin for
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block of wood or book
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In the U.S. the majority of printing plants have
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fewer than 20 employees
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In addition to movable type, what was Gutenberg's other great technological breakthrough?
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Developing an oil based ink
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Papyrus was developed by:
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The Egyptains
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Parchment is made from
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Animal skin
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In what year is Gutenberg credited with "inventing" movable type?
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1440
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The font that Gutenberg used in printing his bibles was considered:
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Gothic
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The introduction of printing..
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A shift in the content of books
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The first press in the New World was established in
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Mexico
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Before Gutenberg books were scribed by:
Definition
Monks
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Lithography can be described as the following:
Definition
Planographic
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What was the name of the printing process the Gutenberg used?
Definition
Letterpress
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One of the first hot lead typesetters was manufactured by...
Definition
Linotype
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The most famous of Benjamin Franklin's publications was:
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Poor Richard's Almanac
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In 1841 which Newspaper was the 1st printed on a steam press?
Definition
London Times
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After Gutenberg was sued by Johann Fust what did Fust do?
Definition
Steal his apprentice
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What does the world lithography literally mean per Pocket Pal?
Definition
Writing on stone
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The four basic components of a typical printing ink are..
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Colorant, vehicle, carrier substance, additives
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A monitor is an example of a __ proofing device.
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Soft
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Lignin is commonly contained in..
Definition
Newsprint
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In the diagram below paper is traveling through a paper making machine in the long direction. The arrow represents the direction of the paper grain which is in the
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Machine direction
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MS Word and Adobe InDesign represent two basic categories of software
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Content software and design software
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An example of design software is..
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InDesign
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Preflighting is done ___ proofing
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Prior to
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EPS is
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Encapsulated PostScript
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The purpose of a contract proof is to..
Definition
Visually communicate the end result of the printed product to the customer. Establish an agreement between the customer and print service provider as to what the printed job will look like. (Both a and b)
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The Kodak Approval is an example of a high end __ proofing device.
Definition
Hard
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The proper conditions for viewing a proof in the U.S. are..
Definition
D50 illuminant, a specific level of illuminant intensity, a neutral gray surround (all of the above)
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The arrangement of pages on a press sheet to create a complete document is called..
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Imposition
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In a two-page printer's spread the right and left hand page numbers add up to..
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One more than the number of pages in the signature
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Archiving is important because
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It backs up original customer files, and it stores files of printed jobs for future use (both a and c)
Term
Two basic pulping methods are..
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Mechanical and chemical
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The time and materials needed to obtain a salable press sheet is called..
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makeready
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Coating..
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enhances print quality and protrects the printed surface
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Caliper refers to the
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Thickness of a sheet of paper
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The final step in the complete print production workflow is..
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Distribution
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A common method to measure the basis weight outside the U.S. is..
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Grams per meter squared
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Since printing presses are binary devices __ are used to represent continuous tone images printed on substrates.
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Halftones
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A halftone screen suitable for magazine printing would be ___ lpi.
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133
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For amplitude modulated halftones..
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The sizeof the halftone dots change
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Vectors describe..
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Distance and direction
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In pixel based images..
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Resolution decreases as size increases.
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Pixels represent...
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Data from image smapling
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In an 8-bit pixel there are ___ discrete tonal values.
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256
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How many tones are possible in the halftone cell to the right.
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37
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To obtain maximum image quality when using a 150 lpi halftone, you would need an image with a resolution of..
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300 ppi
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In the additive color model combining Red, Green light creates..
Definition
Yellow
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Which of following devices do not rely on the additive (RGB) color model?
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A printing press
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In the subtractive (CMYK) color model black is added because..
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Inks are imperfect absorbers of light
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Color is device dependent because...
Definition
Different devices use different colorants. Different devices use different printing processes. Different devices use different substrates. (All of the above)
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Complete the following table
Definition
Yellow
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In the Lab color space L stands for..
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Lightness
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The objective of color management is to produce..
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Consistent color across different devices
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Spot color could be described as..
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Formulated color
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dot gain (TVI) is..
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an increase in halftone dot size on he substrate
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trapping is the
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overlapping of two color to compensate for misregistration
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