Course Overview
Advanced production procedures are followed in this hands-on course designed to increase the student proficiency in press operation, troubleshooting and independent decision-making skills. Printed documents include individual and teamwork projects and actual print documents for program promotion. Emphasis is placed on four-colour process, evaluating registration and consistency for accurate and predictable results. Students create their own proofs with inkjet and electrophotographic imaging technologies and colour-manage the proofing process to make sure they can match colour on the litho and flex presses. Students will review a cross-media campaign that spans all four imaging technologies and troubleshoot the colour management issues inherent with using a variety of substrates with a variety of manufacturing processes. Students consider the importance of planning and scheduling and the finishing techniques to professionally complete a live project.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Produce commercial quality printed work including process and spot colour jobs with varnishes.
- Set up feed, register and delivery systems on litho, flex, and digital presses.
- Adjust ink and water for clean printing.
- Determine use of standard process ICC profiles for creating a proof.
- Schedule press time.
- Use troubleshooting techniques and perform basic press maintenance.
- Recognize pleasing colours and colour density for correct colour reproduction.
- Measure colour and light with a spectro-densitometer.
- Create colour-managed proofs with one imaging technology and match a production run with an alternate technology (e.g., inkjet proof for a litho press run).
Effective as of Winter 2025
Related Programs
Graphic Communications Technologies 4 (GCOM 4200) 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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