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| Planography means printing from a flat surface, where image and non-image areas are on the same plane. Which printing process uses this principle? |
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| Rotogravure and lithography are considered to similar in print quality, but lithography is more economical for very long runs (in the millions). T/F? |
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| Which of the following printing processes requires a doctor blade? |
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| The flecographic printing process is used most commonly for the promotional markets. T/F? |
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| Which printing processes require the image to be etched directly into a printing cylinder? |
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| Which printing process economically (cost effectively) allows for the widest range of run lengths? |
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| Why is rotogravure not economical for short runs? |
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| The cylinders are very expensive to produce and cost must be made up by printing high volume |
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| The electrographic principle is based on... |
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| static forces separating image and non-image areas |
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| Which sheetfed press size format terminology is appropriate to use for a "full size" press? |
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| Which is a maximum speed range for sheetfed presses? |
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| Sheetfed press speed is measured in "iph". What does this stand for? |
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| Sheets are oriented ______ when running through full-size, half-size and quarter-size sheetfed litho presses, but_____ when running through duplicators(small litho presses) |
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| Typical makeready times on modern sheetfed litho presses is somewhere around... |
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| Sheetfed litho presses that will print on both sides of the paper with one pass through the press are called... |
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| A "half-size" press can also be referred to as... |
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| In multi-unit sheetfed litho presses, transfer cylinders typically have smooth metal surfaces. T/F? |
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| This offset litho web press is commonly used to print business forms on uncoated paper... |
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| Web press speeds are considerably higher than sheetfed press designs due mainly to... |
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| web press designs do not require gripper transfers, as sheetfed designs do |
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| Which is a maximum speed range for web offset presses? |
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| As with sheetfed presses, it is common for BTB presses to have more than 4 units. T/F? |
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| Which is the primary advantages of vertical web presses? |
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| A full web press would equate to a _____ press |
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| The most common in-line web offset press manufacturer is... |
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| A BTB web offset press requires no impression cylinder in the unit design. T/F? |
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| Which of the following is true of "shaftless" presses? (you may select more than one correct answer) |
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| Press cylinders are driven by individual electric motors, rather than gears connected to a central shaft; allows cylinders to simultaneously turn at different rates, providing press designers the ability to increase makeready productivity; more and more press manufacturers are building presses in this way. |
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| Anti-curlers are located between printing units in an offset press. T/F? |
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| Which is true of an IR dryer in the delivery system of a sheetfed press? |
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| The IR dryer heats the paper and ink film, thus activating the oxidizers in the ink, quickening drying. |
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| In stream feed infeed systems, the staggering of the sheets allows the sheets to move slower on the registration board, allowing for faster press speeds with good registration. T/F? |
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| Which coating method that we discussed in class allows for "spot" coating designs? (as opposed to flooding the sheet) |
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| Which of the following coatings requires an IR dryer? |
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| Which type of sheetfed delivery is best for short run work? |
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| This type of sheetfed infeed system feeds sheets onto the feed table at the same surface speed as the turning cylinders. |
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| The front and side lays in sheet fed infeed systems is used for both (a) image to sheet edge registration and (b) color to color registration. T/F? |
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| Anti-setoff spray works by aiding the ink in drying faster. T/F? |
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| Anti-setoff spray is made from sugar granules. T/F? |
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| The tension of the unwinding roll is regulated by a... |
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| The position of the running web is... |
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| Always the center point of the cylinders |
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| Ribbon folders are common on wide web presses, such as rotogravure publication presses. T/F? |
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| Some materials in nature can be stretched while under tension. The relationship between the amount of stretch and the degree of tension is referred to as... |
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| What is the most approximate size of a digest? |
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| Most platesetters use lasers to expose the plates. Lasers are categorized by the color of the light (in nanometers) and... |
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| The power of the laser (in milliwatts) |
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| Internal drum platesetters are used to expose which kind of plate? |
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| A laser with the infrared range is used to expose photopolymer sensitized plates. T/F? |
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| The platesetter productivity factor of speed is measured in... |
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| The run life of silver-halide and photopolymer plates can be extended by... |
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| Silver-Halide sensitized plates always require processing, while photopolymer sensitized plates may be processless. T/F? |
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| Aluminum plates are anodized (with an aluminum-oxide coating). This is done to... |
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| help the plate surface be more hydrophillic |
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| The platesetter RIP processes the image data, resulting in an 8-bit (grayscale) bit map of each separation (ink color). T/F? |
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| The newest trend in litho plates is the "processless" plate. Which statement is accurate about these plate? |
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| The non-image areas are removed onto the first few sheets of paper that move through the press. |
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| One platesetter specification is "spot size". This refers to... |
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| The width of the spot made on the plate by the laser beam, measured in microns. |
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| Which folder component in a combination folder uses a triangular board to make the fold on the web? |
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| Which type of folds are made parallel to the grain ( same direction of the web travel)? |
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| former folds and chopper folds |
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| The crew on a web offset press generally includes a lead press operator who works with a ______, who is responsible for inspecting and loading rolls of paper throughout the pressrun. |
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| ON a web press, the device that physically shimmies the web from side to side to assure edge to image registration is called the side lay. T/F? |
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| A zero speed splicer is so called because the roll of paper comes to a complete stop when being spliced, while the press continues to run and feed paper. What makes this possible? |
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| Which type of coating uses an Infrared dryer and used for food packaging? |
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| Which coating is shinier and has a smell? |
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| Photopolymer platesetter type? |
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| Silver Halide platesetter type? |
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| Silver Halide laser type? |
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