Saturday 7 November 2009

Lithographic Printing

Lithographic Printing 



A printing process in which the image are and the non-image area exist together on the same plane. It is based on the principle that oil and water do not mix readily.


Offset-Lithographic Printing 


This is the process similar to lithographic print ho

wever the inked plate first transfers the image to a rubber blanket, this blanket then transfers the image to the paper or desired stock. 

This is the most common form of lithographic printing and there are two varieties of the process, these are web and sheetfed. 

The difference i shall find out shortly! 


Offset-Lithographic Anatomy 


-Inking System 

-Dampening System

-Printing Unit

-Infeed and Sheet Control

-Plates

-Blankets




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