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Which of the five printing processes has the lowest print quality?

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Screen printing

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Which of the five printing processes has the highest print quality?

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Gravure

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Which of the five printing processes has the highest cost?

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Laser printing

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Which of the five printing processes has the lowest cost?

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Screen printing

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What are common uses of offset lithography?

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Newspapers, magazines, books

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What are common uses of flexography?

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Packaging, corrugated boxes, shopping bags, 3-D surfaces like bottles

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What are common uses of screenprinting?

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Short print runs, T-shirts, big posters

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What are common uses of Gravure printing?

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Expensive high-quality magazines, stamps

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What are common uses of laser printing?

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One-off items

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Name the 4 colours involved in printing.

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Cyan magenta yellow black (CMYK)

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Which is the most common printing process?

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Offset lithography (it is used for about 70% of all printing)

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What is the offset mean in offset lithography?

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It means that the actual printing plate never touches the paper, because the image is first transferred or ‘offset’ onto another cylinder

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What is the process used to transfer the image onto a printing plate

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Photomechanical transfer

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What is the term for when individual, precut pieces of paper are fed into the printer

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Sheet fed

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What is the term for when paper is fed into the printer on huge roles and the roles are cut into pieces after printing

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Web fed

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What is the main difference between flexography and offset lithography?

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Printing plate is made of flexible rubber is which allows printing onto flat or slightly uneven surfaces.

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What is the apparatus called that is responsible for controlling the amount of ink on the rollers?

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The doctor blade

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