- •Text 1 Basic printing techniques
- •I. Read the following sentences and discuss whether they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •Fill the gaps using the derivatives of the following words: treat, define, raise, cut, tailor, print, deposit, reject
- •IV. Which printing process does each definition refer to?
- •V. Speak about advantages and disadvantages of different printing techniques
- •VI. Write a short description of basic printing techniques. Text 2 Letterpress
- •Read the sentences and discuss if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •III. Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •IV. Speak about the advantages and disadvantages of the letterpress printing, using the following information.
- •V. Compose a plan and write a short summary of the text. Text 3 Offset lithography
- •Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •III. Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •Which term does each definition refer to?
- •V. Speak about the advantages and disadvantages of the offset printing, using the following information.
- •V. Compose a plan and write a short summary of the text. Text 4 Gravure
- •Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •Which term does each definition refer to?
- •Speak about the advantages and disadvantages of the gravure printing, using the following information.
- •V. Write a short summary of the text. Text 5 Other traditional printing techniques
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •III. Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •V. Write about modern development of flexography printing. Text 6 Modern printing techniques
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •IV. Which term does each definition refer to?
- •V. Speak about the advantages and disadvantages of the gravure printing, using the following information.
- •VI Compose a plan and write a short summary of the text.
- •Text 1 Originals for reproduction
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •Improve, rigid, inserted, tracing, remove, minimize, reproduction, laid, retouch, cracking, reasonable,
- •IV. Which term does each definition refer to?
- •V. Compare different types of originals.
- •VI. Compose a plan and write a short summary of the text. Text 2 Reproduction techniques for offset lithography
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •Scanning
- •Compare line origination and halftone origination.
- •Read the following paragraphs and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of other methods of origination.
- •Text 3 Proofing
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •IV. Which term does each definition refer to?
- •V. Discuss and compare different methods of proofing.
- •VI. Compose a plan and write a short summary of the text. Text 4 Electronic page planning
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •III. Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •IV. Which term does each definition refer to?
- •V. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cad systems.
- •VI. Write a short description of electronic page planning process. Text 5 Film assembly, imposition and platemaking
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •III. Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •IV. Compose a plan and write a short summary of the text. Text 6 Origination for letterpress
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •III. Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •Compare different methods of letterpress origination
- •Write a short summary of the text.
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English
- •Text 1 Typesetting in metal
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •III. Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •IV. Compare different techniques of typesetting.
- •V. Write a short summary of the following text: Photocomposition
- •Text 2 Desk-top publishing
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •III. Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •IV. Speak about the advantages and disadvantages of desk-top publishing.
- •V. Write a short summary of the text. Text 4 Page layout software
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •IV. Compare different types of software for dtp.
- •V. Write a short summary of the text. Text 5 Type measurement
- •I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
- •II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:
- •III. Fill the gaps using the following words:
- •IV. Read the following text and retell it. Typefaces
- •V. Choose two or three different types of fonts and compare them by their design.
- •Text 1 Digital Pre-Press Stage
- •Text 2 Direct Imaging
- •IV. Complete the text using the words:
- •Speed and Quality
- •V. Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following words:
- •Render the text in English. Text3 Fully Automatic Print Preparation
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find in the text equivalents of the terms:
- •Simple, Safe Operation
- •V. Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following words:
- •VI. Write a synopsis of the text in English: Text 4 Central Remote Control of Ink and Regist
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find in the text equivalents of the terms.
- •IV. Complete the text using the words:
- •Register Control via cpc 41
- •V. Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following words
- •Text 5 Coating and Drying
- •Text 6 Delivery
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents of the terms:
- •IV. Speak on the Delivery of the sm 102, using the questions Unit 4 Paper and ink Text 1 Ink
- •Text 2 Paper
- •Text 3 The paper machine
- •Text 4 Types of paper
- •Text 5 Specifying papers
- •Text 6 Potential problems with paper
- •Unit 6 Finishing and Binding] Text 1 Finishing
- •Text 2 Paperback binding
- •Text 3 Hardback bookbinding
- •Text 4 Other methods of finishing
- •Text 5 Packing
- •Unit 7 printing units Text 1 Printing presses
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 2 Processing machinery
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 3 Letterpress printing machines
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 4 Offset Presses
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 5 Printing Presses for Packaging
- •Vocabulary
- •Unit 6 Equipment and Machinery for Flat-bed Screen Printing
- •Vocabulary
- •Unit 8 printing units design Text 1 Sheet-fed Printing Presses
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 2 Web-fed Printing Presses
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 3 Printing Unit Design on Web Presses
- •Vocabulary
- •Unit 4 Printing Unit Configurations on Web Presses
- •Vertical Blanket-to-Blanket Unit
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 5 Gravure Printing in the Packaging
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 6 Gravure Cylinder Manufacture
- •Vocabulary
Vocabulary
single-sheet feeder самонаклад з почерговою подачею аркушів
cylinder configuration конфігурація циліндра
plate cylinder формний циліндр
impression cylinder відбитковий циліндр
unit configuration конфігурація секції
middle drum проміжний (середній) барабан
reversing drum перевертальний барабан
sheet reversal перевертання аркуша
Rotation обертання
sheet transfer передача аркуша
transfer drum передаючий барабан
metal sheeting металеве покриття
triple-sized transfer drum трициліндровий передаючий барабан
joint impression cylinder з’єднаний відбитковий циліндр
register приводка
circulating chain циркулярний ланцюг
conveying distance довжина передачі
feed drum барабан самонакладу
doctor blade ракель
conveyor chain ланцюг конвеєра
perfecting двосторонній друк
rotating cutting blade дисковий ріжучий ніж
Text 2 Web-fed Printing Presses
Web-fed printing presses differ less from sheet-fed presses in the configuration of their printing and inking units than in all the machine elements actually transporting the substrate. In principle it is much easier to transport a web through the various press units than a sheet. The continuous web to a great extent guides itself, because the start of the web is pulled and the web is held under tension in a stabilizing, defined way. Therefore web presses are more suitable for higher printing speeds than sheet-fed presses (sheet-fed printing up to approximately 4m/s,web printing up to approximately 15m/s).
Web presses are production systems that are able to produce finished printed products, that is, finishing is an integral part of web offset printing. Web presses are relatively inflexible with regard to format variation compared to sheet-fed presses, only
the web width is variable. The format is defined in the circumferential direction of the printing plate and in the direction of web travel by the cut-off length. The advantage is here that, depending on the printing process, there is no printing gap (or at least almost none). In flexographic and gravure printing the cylinder circumference can, within certain limits, be adapted to the cut-off length, whereas on web offset presses the cylinder diameters are invariable.
Transport Elements of the Web Press
Web transport through the web press begins with the reel of paper or any other substrate on a reel; this is clamped in reel arms. To avoid production stoppages, the reels are almost exclusively changed in a fully-automated process by splicers.A separate infeed unit, also called pre-tensioning unit, is located after the reel stand for keeping web tension constant.
The printing unit itself serves also as a transporting element, because the web is transported under pressure between two cylinders. In the blanket-to-blanket unit of a web offset press these are two blanket cylinders (blanket-to-blanket mode), in gravure or flexographic printing (letterpress) they are a cylinder with a soft covering and a steel cylinder. Multicolor prints are produced by printing units arranged one after the other, which print the color separations onto the web. The web behavior during transport varies according to the cylinder surfaces, which requires a special dimensioning of the diameter of the steel cylinder and/or adaptations of the blanket cylinder packing.
Various finishing equipment is connected to the printing unit, such as the numbering unit, gluing station (for partial coating), dryers, chill roll assembly, slitters, turner bars, and perforators, as well as the formers and the folding unit, which all have some effect on web travel. To compensate for this the web travel is stabilized by driven draw rollers. In many applications (e.g., newspapers, magazines, catalogs) the folder with its cylinder section acts as a tensioning mechanism at the start of the web. Draw rollers acting on both sides are fitted at the entry of the folder, but it is the tucker blade cylinder of the jaw folder that exerts the actual tension. It is equipped with height-adjustable, curved plates or with circular shaped segments that correspond to the cylinder radius. The press does not need to be stopped for readjusting the tension, as it is equipped with a mechanism that allows adjustment during paper run. After the web or the ribbon bundle has been cross-cut in the folder, the
sheets are transported and delivered by means of pins or grippers in the cylinder section of the folder. The web can also be cut into individual sheets after printing using “sheeters”, and then stacked in a delivery like with sheet-fed presses.