Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers-   189) What is Layout and its primary objective in Printing ? The primary objective of the Layout designing process in printing is to communicate/show the appearance of the print material clearly and...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers- 187) What is Digital Offset Printing and what is the difference between conventional Offset and Digital Offset process? In the Conventional Offset printing process  the image gets transferred  from a...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers- 186) What are the normal printing defects one encounter during printing ? Chalking : This is one of the defects attributed to Ink-Paper relationship. The images on the printed stocks appear to fade away...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers- 185) What is called Registration in Printing, why is it important  and which factors are taken into consideration to ensure that the  image gets properly registered prior to Printing ? Registering is a...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers-   Written by : N.R. Jayaraman 182) What general formula is adapted for packing Plate and Blanket on an Offset printing machine?  First keep in mind that every Offset machine has Blanket, Impression and a...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers-     Written by : N.R. Jayaraman 179) What is Papyrus? What for it is used ? The Papyrus is a plant which was used in the bygone era to make sheet of paper like material meant for writing when paper...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers-   Written by : N.R. Jayaraman 183) What is Cold set and Heat set printing process? Cold set printing is the process in which the printing ink dries gradually into the surface of the paper by...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers- Written by : N.R. Jayaraman 174) What are the advantages of water based inks over oil and solvent based inks and where are they used? The water based inks are cheaper and easily washable from the rollers...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers-   Written by : N.R. Jayaraman 159) What is Scodix printing? Scodix printing is a newer technology that offers enhanced 3D print effects or adding tactile effects (relief) on finished printed images....

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers- Written by : N.R. Jayaraman 152) What is Bar Code printing ? A barcode is a machine-readable printed image consisting of parallel lines each varying in width or thickness. Though the image appears to...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers-   Written by : N.R. Jayaraman 147) What is Digital printing process? This is a process in which the image is created on the computer in the form of digital signals and transmitted directly to the...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers-   Written by : N.R. Jayaraman 143) What is known as standing matter? In the Letterpress printing presses a vast amount of composed and imposed type matters in pages is kept either wrapped in the...

Guide to printing students -Few objective Questions and answers- Written by : N.R. Jayaraman 136) What aspects are considered while estimating for printing a book? Size of the book Area of printing per page Font size and style of type face for the text, extracts,...