
Chapter 14.Printing Processes
Quiz by Mr Purcell
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____ printing is a process of printing directly from a flat surface.
A brake mechanism is a type of ____.
What device uses a festoon to draw out slack from a web before a splice is made?
A ____ dampening system is a system of rollers that distributes a steady flow of fountain solution
to the plate.
Most plates are designed to use solutions with a pH reading in the ____ range.
Which is not a component of a typical inking system?
A typical folder in a web-fed delivery system folds sheets using a ____.
Which type of printing commonly uses rubber plates?
Photopolymer plates are ____.
Which type of press produces printed materials by pressing a locked-up form or plate against the printing surface that holds the paper?
____ printing creates prints from images that are etched below the surface of the image carrier.
Which metal is used today as a base for laser engraving for gravure printing?
Which method of printing involves forcing ink through a porous fabric and the open areas of a stencil?
Squeegee blades are rated by ____.
Which type of squeegee is used when a light color will be printed on a dark substrate?
What are retarders often used for?
For screen printing, the cell size of a fabric is specified in ____.
What is the most durable of the natural or synthetic fabrics used in screen printing?
Which is not one of the three types of knife-cut stencils?
The impression cylinder in an offset lithographic press brings the stock to be printed into contact
with the blanket cylinder
A dampening system is a group of rollers designed to apply moisture to the nonimage area of a plate
A metering roller is commonly used in a conventional dampening system.
Flexography uses a flat plate.
Photopolymer plates are light-sensitive.
The main disadvantage of gravure printing is that the ink takes a long time to dry.
Gravure cylinder engraving is done almost exclusively by direct digital input to electronic and laser cylinder production devices.
The process color inks used in gravure printing are the same as those typically used in offset lithography
Screen printing can be used to print images on wood.
Radiation heating occurs when heat is generated within an object by contact with a heat source.
Screen frames are commonly made of wood.
A disadvantage of mechanical clamping is that the fabric cannot be tensioned to exact specifications.
In screen printing, orange fabrics increase the chance of exposure in the image areas due to light refraction.