Gravure printing:A high-speed printing technology of mixed printing, using grooved plates, high printing quality, suitable for large-scale printing.
Letterpress Printing:Using a raised printing plate, Printing**, one of the traditional flat printing techniques.
Offset Printing:It is a printing technology that uses the incompatible characteristics of water and oil to first transfer to the blanket and then to the printed matter, which is widely used.
Flexography:A printing technique that uses an eraser plate and is suitable for different types of materials, such as packaging printing.
Digital Printing:Direct printing with digital technology** for personalized and short-run printing.
Screen Printing:The use of silk screen to transfer ink, suitable for flat and curved surfaces, is commonly used to print T-shirts, posters, etc.
Prepress Printing:Preparation before printing, including design, plate making, color grading and other stages.
Imposition:The process of arranging and combining the printing ** according to certain rules before printing plate making to minimize waste paper.
cmyk:Abbreviations for the four colors of printing: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key.
Pantone:A professional color matching system for standardizing colors, widely used in the field of printing and design.
Vector graphics:Define graphics using mathematical formulas that can be scaled infinitely without distortion, and are commonly used in logos and text in printed matter.
Bitmap Image:An image composed of pixels, magnified with distortion, suitable for graphics such as **.
Print Quality ControlThrough various means, it is ensured that the printed matter meets the expected quality standards in terms of color, clarity, alignment, etc.
Color separation:Decompose the color image into different color channels for printing with different color inks.
Post-press processingPost-printing processes, such as folding, binding, laminating, etc.
Printing plate:A plate containing ** for the transfer of ink to the printed matter.
Printing Press:The equipment for printing can include gravure printing machine, lithographic printing machine, etc. according to different printing technologies.
Typeface:The design style of the font, such as Songti, italics, etc., affects the typography effect of the printed matter.
Copy:Text or images to be printed.
Lamination:Cover the surface of the printed matter with a thin film to improve durability and appearance.
These terms cover the basic concepts in the field of printing, and for those who work in the printing industry or are interested in printing, understanding these terms will help to better understand the printing process and related technologies.