Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Printing Processes pg.66
- Offset lithography
- Advantages
- Reproduction quality
- Inexpensive
- Wide range of papers
- High printing speeds
- Widely available
- Disadvantages
- Colour variation due to mixing water/ink
- Paper stretch (wet)
- Uneconomic on short runs
- Applications
- Business stationery, brochures, posters, magazines, newpapers
- Flexography
- Advantages
- High-speed
- Fast drying
- Applications
- Packaging, less-expensive magazines, paperbacks, newspapers
- Disadvantages
- Detail
- Set up costs
- Screen Printing
- Advantages
- Consistent colour
- High speed
- Good on low quality
- Disadvantages
- High cost of engraved printing plates
- Only efficient on long runs
- Very expensive set up
- Visible dots
- Applications
- High-quality art & photographic books, postage stamps, expensive magazines
- Gravure
- Advantages
- Versatile-any surface
- Economical for short runs
- Automatic method-large volumes
- Disadvantages
- Long drying times
- Detail
- Applications
- T-shirts, posters, plastic & metal signage, promotional items-pens/mugs