Course Overview
This intermediate course in small litho press operation stresses press maintenance, problem solving and troubleshooting techniques. Students’ skills are improved by printing more complex projects, projects consisting of more than one-piece, multi-coloured projects with proper registration and working in teams to produce a program newsletter. Students prepare specific ink colours and gain confidence by printing projects of their own creation and preparation from other classes. Classes are modular, self-paced, competency-based exercises in all four imaging technologies. Hands-on production skills are stressed in inkjet and digital imaging engine technology. Finally, students proceed to advanced bindery skills
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Print multi-coloured jobs with proper registration (fit and register).
- Cut suitable stock in an efficient manner for the best cut.
- Measure and cut stock to maximize best yield from a sheet.
- Describe the makeup of paper and ink.
- Use standard troubleshooting techniques for ink, plates, paper, and blankets.
- Maintain quality control throughout the press run.
- Clean and preserve a press and printing plates.
- Use standard press densitometry measurement techniques.
- Use an inkjet printer to calibrate a new substrate in a RIP.
- Use a digital imaging engine to duplex image both sides of a substrate.
- Troubleshoot media changes in a digital imaging RIP.
- Produce advanced folded pieces on the folding machine.
Effective as of Winter 2024
Related Programs
Graphic Communications Technologies 2 (GCOM 2200) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
School of Business + Media
- Graphic Communications
Diploma Full-time
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