Course Overview
This course provides a solid understanding of Web Offset Printing, and Flexographic Printing. It will be a combination of in-class theory; take-home assignments, investigative assignments (plant tours, evaluating suppliers), and evaluation by the management in the industry. A heavy emphasis is placed on practical evaluation and good understanding of all technical issues to lead the industry in the future. The course will utilize hands-on training on a flexographic web press and simulator exercises on FLEXSTAR simulator software. The course will let students develop a solid understanding of the packaging industry through hands-on training in fingerprinting our flexographic web press. The course will evaluate digital proofing technologies relevant to the flex press runs and correlate the use of ICC profiling in creating proofs for packaging products.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
3.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Describe the Web Offset Printing processes.
- Describe the Flexographic Printing process.
- Apply the standards of flex press production to trouble-shoot press problems.
- Provide practical solutions for flexographic press problems.
- Explain mechanical aspects of web presses and printing units, in-line press folders and stackers for lithographic and flexographic web presses including post printing requirements and quality.
- Differentiate between ink and paper (substrate) requirements, handling image carrier, chemistry, and roll stand.
- Document substrate usage, roll handling and storage.
- Relate the importance of reporting substrate usage and ink inventory in a flexographic print environment.
- Demonstrate standard operating procedures for four-colour process print production on our flexo web press.
- Demonstrate standard operating procedures for wash-up and maintenance on our flexo web press.
Effective as of Winter 2017
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