Intro to Printing
Safety Data Sheets provide info about: first aid measures, stability, reactivity, and what?
Handling and Storage
To forms of balance in a design are formal and what?
Informal
What does the term "make ready" refer to?
The process of setting up the press
Which would be the best paper choice to print a wedding invitation? 60 pound text or 100 pound cover?
100 pound cover
If TPI is marked on a wheel used for perforating, what does this indicate?
Teeth Per Inch
Government agency whose purpose is to set and enforce worksite safety and health standards
OSAH
What classification of type has small projections at the end of the strokes of a letter?
Serif
If a press operator finds blank sheets mixed in with printed sheets in the delivery pile, what needs to be adjusted on the press?
The double sheet detector
What is combined with a template to create variable data jobs such as personalized mailers?
A database (excel file)
The international sounding name given to a fold that is made in both the parallel and right angles?
French
The proof readers mark: "STET" means that a copy should be what?
left as is, means "let it stand"
What does it mean if a block of text is identified as 10/10?
10 point type and 10 point leading
What is used on an offset press to prevent printed sheets from "offsetting" or allowing ink to transfer to the back of the next sheet in the pile?
Spray powder or offset powder
This is a method of handling paper to add air between the sheets?
Fanning
Cutting irregular shapes into a substrate is called what?
Die Cutting
A densitometer is a quality control device used to measure what?
Ink density
A line of type that is 5 inches long is equal to how many picas?
30 picas (30p0)
What is it called when a plate is picking up ink in the non-image area?
Scumming
Aligning the edges of the paper is called what? Done either by the feeder of the press or by a device before various finishing operations)
Jogging
What type of book binding is done using glue?
Perfect binding
A "hard proof" is used for what purpose?
To show a client what the finished product will look like
What must first be done to a heavy card stock before folding?
Scoring
What is used to detect slurring (caused by the paper slipping in the press) of ink on a printed sheet?
A Direct Imaging press (like our 4-color 34DI press) directly places the image on to what?
The plate
Shrink packaging/wrapping is done using a polyethylene film and what to cause it to shrink?
Heat