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    The document compares and contrasts sheet fed and web fed printing presses in 3 sentences: Sheet fed presses print on individual sheets and are slower with smaller sizes, suited for small print runs like business cards. Web fed presses print continuously on rolls of paper (web) and are much faster but have size and paper restrictions, used for large runs like magazines. The main differences are speed, size, paper types, and whether they print on one or both sides at once.

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    The document compares and contrasts sheet fed and web fed printing presses in 3 sentences: Sheet fed presses print on individual sheets and are slower with smaller sizes, suited for small print runs like business cards. Web fed presses print continuously on rolls of paper (web) and are much faster but have size and paper restrictions, used for large runs like magazines. The main differences are speed, size, paper types, and whether they print on one or both sides at once.

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    5 - 02.9.2020 - Printing Technology PPN 545

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    The document compares and contrasts sheet fed and web fed printing presses in 3 sentences: Sheet fed presses print on individual sheets and are slower with smaller sizes, suited for small print runs like business cards. Web fed presses print continuously on rolls of paper (web) and are much faster but have size and paper restrictions, used for large runs like magazines. The main differences are speed, size, paper types, and whether they print on one or both sides at once.

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    Sheet Fed vs Web Fed Printing Press

    Sheet Fed Press Web Fed Press

    Print on individual sheets Print on continuous rolls (web)

    Slow rate of printing Extremely fast printing

    Smaller in size Bigger in size

    Used for small runs of prints Used for large run works

    More paper choices (light to heavy) Less paper choices (not on heavy)

    Print on only one side at one time Print on both sides at one time

    Business cards, brochures, menus, letterhead, Newspapers, magazines, wrappings, books, all
    flyers and booklets type of commercial printing

    http://www.knowpap.com/www_demo/english/paper_technology/91_sheeting/1_sheeting/arkki_ja_rullaoffset_img.htm
    1
    Printing Technologies

    • Conventional/Impact
    – Fixed master (plate/cylinder)
    1. Letterpress & Flexography

    Direct
    2. Gravure
    3. Stencil/Screen Printing
    4. Offset Lithography Indirect/Offset

    • Digital/Non-Impact
    – No fixed master
    – Variable data printing
    1. Electrophotography
    2. Inkjet
    3. Thermal
    4. Laser

    2
    Choice of Printing Method

    • Choice of printing method is often based on:


    – End use: paper (universal), glass, metal, plastic (coating often
    required that allows the ink to adhere)
    – Quality
    – Number of copies
    – Costs
    – Size of print
    – Deadline
    – Availability of printing machine
    – Binding and post press operations

    3
    Quality and Print Size
    High

    Proofing Offset Gravure


    Print quality

    Digital
    Medium

    printing Flexo
    methods
    Low

    1 10 100 1000 10 000 100 000 1 000 000


    Print run
    • In case of less prints, Digital Printing is often used and more affordable
    (for e.g. posters).
    • Gravure is most expensive - initial cost of cylinder production, higher quality
    • In India, Gravure printing is most popular, Flexo in USA
    4
    Conventional Printing Technologies

    • Relief: Letterpress (plate) & Flexography (flexible plate on


    cylinder) – print areas above the non-print areas
    • Intaglio: Gravure (plate)/rotogravure (cylinder) – print areas
    below the non-print areas
    • Planographic: Offset Lithography (plate, cylinder) – print and
    non-print areas are on the same surface
    • Porous: Screen printing – print areas are on fine mesh screen
    / Flexo
    Height Surface chemical
    modulation modulation

    Depth Porosity
    modulation modulation

    5
    Letterpress

    • Oldest printing processes and is


    relatively obsolete
    • A letterpress works much like a
    sophisticated rubber stamp
    • A raised surface takes ink and
    transfers directly to paper
    • One or two colours, thick layer of
    ink
    • Non-readable text on plate and
    readable text on paper
    • The raised image area is inked by
    large rollers and the ink is then
    transferred directly to the paper
    sheet (sheet fed).
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM1U423UmJY
    6
    Letterpress Image Carriers
    Print areas above the non-print areas Casted metal blocks
    Ink

    Plate

    Hand carved wooden blocks Hard photopolymer plate

    7
    Letterpress Photopolymer Plate Making

    Photopolymer film

    Metal sheet Tape

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOi__3KkqgI
    https://www.printsystems.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Proces_obrobki_plyty_Printlight_EN_crz-01.jpg
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