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Section 1
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What is the offset principle?
Oil and water DO NOT MIX
The tool that checks proper packing of the press blanket:
Micrometer
Ink should always be thrown away by?
Recycling
The best way to prevent glazing on a blanket is to?
Wash is properly
A device that forces ink through the screen material in screen printing?
Squeege
Separates the distribution rollers when the press is idle:
Night-latch
What could cause a press to not operate?
Guard disingaged
The height of the paper is placed in the feeding unit of the press is called:
Pile Height
Set-off on printed sheets is often caused by?
Over inking aka offset
This area of the press is the output of the final copies:
Delivery unit
These areas on a blanket that have been pushed in and cannot receive ink form the plate:
Smashes
The transfer of an image from a flat surface by chemistry?
Lithography
On an offset press, the image is transferred from the plate to the:
Blanket
Quality control device printed on a document to test for proper color shade:
Color Gauge
The name for 2 sided copying on a xerography machine:
Duplexing
These allow the press operator to adjust the ink coverage needed on the plate?
Ink fountain keys
What should the pH level of the fountain solution be?
4.5 to 5.5 (4 to 5)
A blanket on the press is made of?
Vulcanized rubber
How do you fix small smashes on the blanket?
Blanket fix
When going from heavy to lighter stock paper, what should you do to the impression cylinder?
Increase the impression setting
What does the dampening unit do?
Applies water to non-image area
In lithographic printing inks, what is used to carry the pigment to the paper?
Vehicle
The only rollers to touch the plate on a printing press:
Form Rollers
Smooth, hard, glossy surface on a blanket?
Glazing
Quality control device to detect ink slurring:
Star target
A distinctive design created in paper during manufacturing? (you can see it when the paper is held up to the light)
Watermark
Paper used for press set-up/used to set up a job properly:
Make-ready
Slices or gouges in the blanket on a press caused by sharp objects:
Tears/Scratches
Name some press safety procedures
1. Tie back hair 2. Remove jewelry 3. Tuck in loose clothing 4. Wear safety glasses, rubber gloves, and apron
Printing 2 sides, same plate, same lead edge is called a?
work and turn
Who is responsible for locking or tagging out a press?
Supervisor, manager, someone from OSHA
Components in the registration unit:
Side guides and Head stop
Too much fountain solution on the plate will cause an image to be?
Washed-out
Name the 3 clinders
Plate Blanket Impression
Lubrication machinery is a form of:
Preventative machine maintenance
What do you do to remove static electricity from paper?
Fan it
Push guides on the feeding table are set at:
1/8"
The tool used to check for ink density is ?
Densitometer
If the rollers on a press are not separated, what will happen to them?
They will develop flat-spots
Industrial intaglio printing in which an image is transferred from a sunken surface:
Gravure printing
The process in which you create a raised image on paper using a die:
Embossing
What do you sue to clean a plate?
Plate cleaner
Small vacuum tubes in the feeding unit that grab the top sheet and send it to the registration unit:
Sucker feet
What is the purpose of fountain solution?
To ensure that ink only sticks to image area and not non-image area
What determines how much air is needed when adjusting the blowers on an offset press?
Paper weight
How often should you lubricate a press?
According to manufacturer's specification
What checks for multiple sheets on a press?
Double sheet detector
What provides a blast of air used to separate the top sheet from a pile on a press sheet?
Blowers
Small particles of ink or paper that stick to the plate or blanket?
Hickeys
What does the registration unit do on a press?
Directs a press sheet into proper position as it enters the press
Section 2
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What do you use to clean a blanket?
Solvent
What is the name of the plastic spiral that is used to make booklets?
Plastic cylinder binding
Some samples of objects that have been screen printed?
T-shirts CANDY BAR WRAPPINGS
Why do you place the paper off-center in the feeding unit of a press?
It will be pulled 1/8 inch to 3/16 inch into the final postion
A paint program?
Photoshop
A dingbat is:
Different symbols
What is a serif?
Extenders on letters "little feet"
What does WYSIWYG stand for?
What you see is what you get
When a paragraph ends at the top of a page or column and leaves fewer than 7 characters on the last line it is a?
Widow
UPC stands for?
Universal product code
The part of a letter that touches the ascender line?
Ascender
What is the proof-readers mark for deletion?
Name the two color modes
RGB CMYK
How would you write 11 point type with 12 pint leading?
11/12
Sans serif means?
Text without serifs (sans=no)
What is the name of the (usually metal? binding for notebooks?
Spiral binding
Which unit on the press separates the top sheet from the in-feed pile, picks it up, and delivers it to the registration unit?
Feeding unit
When one job is printed on a single sheet of paper it is a ?
One-up
The best way to put paper in while comb binding is?
A few at a time
Points are used to measure?
Type size
A blank press sheet that is identical in size to the paper that will be used for the job, used to ensure correct order?
A dummy
When too much ink is in the system, the ink adheres to the non-image area of the press. This is called:
Scumming
The process of cutting shapes and patterns in press sheets?
Die-cutting
A scanner is an example of a?
Input device
Another name for gluing?
Padding
If a pile of paper has a sag in it while printing, what should you place under it?
A board
When something is shipped FOB, point of origin, what does that mean?
Seller pays for shipping
What is the name of the bindery for hardcover books?
Case-bound
Series of small cuts in the paper that makes tearing easier?
Perforation
What is a shortened form of binary digit?
Bit
Letters and characters of the same design in the same design in the given size refers to a?
Font family
Explain the difference between a bitmap file and a vector file
Bitmap=pixalted (can be disorted) Vector=mathematical formula (infor is always the same)
What is the measurement for a 3 hole punch?
Top hole and bottom hole are 4 1/4 from the center cole
When you are doing a bulk mailing, the mailing items are sorted by?
ZIP code
When a booklet is folded and pages are not even, it is a?
Creep
What does CPU stand for?
Central Processing Unit
The blanket is sprayed to help prevent?
Set-off
The most common and popular scanner is?
Flatbed
Perfect binding is accomplished with?
Glue
What is the name of the code every time a key is pressed on the keyboard?
Alphanumeric code
A job that requires a photo, a bar graph, and text to be composed in booklet form is best set up in?
Page maker/Indesign
White space in between columns or margins?
Gutter
Where is the staple placed in saddle stitching?
In the fold
what type of program is meant to edit and create
Paint program
Ink printer purchases or mixes for a specific job?
Flat colors
Text that is identified as 10/12 means?
10 point type with 12 point leading
This makes folding easier?
Scoring
Register marks are placed where?
On the outside of the trim marks
What command is used to position text against the left margin?
Left align or flush left
The bit of the paper drill is lubricated with?
Wax
Section 3
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Extension of a printing design over the edge of the sheet?
Bleed
A draw program?
Illustrator
Another name for continuous tone/half tone images?
Photographs
The MSDS should be available to?
All employees
Which program creates raster images?
Photoshop
A draft that is the same size as the final copy?
Rough layout
What does CIP3 integrate?
Pre-press press post-press (3p)
When lifting a box you should lift with?
Your knees bent
The weight of 500 sheets of paper cut to a given standard?
Basis Weight
Is Ram temporary or permanent memory?
Temporary
The metal ruler used in Graphic Arts is known as?
A pica pole
Paper produced from collected waste paper?
Recycled
MSDS stands for?
Material safety data sheets
If a paper pile has a curl in it, you must insert these at several points until the pile is level:
Wedges
Which program creates vector files?
Illustrator
How many times can be copyrighted material be copied?
NEVER
The property of paper that helps prevent printing on one side form showing up on the other?
Opacity
What is the measurement unit for resolution?
Dots per inch (DPI)
The direction the fiber runs in paper?
Paper grain
A ream of 20 pound paper contains how many sheets?
500 sheets
This is used to measure a photo to either enlarge or reduce it?
Proportional scale
How much is in a ream of 110 pound paper?
250 sheets
A job requires info to be re-created into a pie-graph using spot (pantone) colors. Which software do you use?
Illustrator
When ordering paper, the direction of the grain should be determined how?
By the requirements of the finished job
What does OCR software let you do?
Edit scanned text
Thickness of a sheet of paper?
Caliper
What does RAM stand for?
Random Access memory
What does set solid mean?
Same size type on same size leading? EX. 12 on 12 12/12
If you are eliminating someone from a picture, you would use which program?
Photoshop
The brown paper we use to wrap our finished printing jobs in is called?
Kraft paper
If re-purposing a file for the internet, which format would you choose?
DPI 72, RGB, .Jpg
What does a dialog box allow you to do?
Select options/information
If you are creating a document to be printed on a duplicator, which color model will you use?
CMYK
What is 1/2 of 5?
2 1/2
Name the order of colors for 4 part NCR paper
White canary/yellow pink goldenrod
An input device that converts analog data to digital data?
Scanner
Printing documents from the computer directly to the press is called?
Digital-to-paper technology
Typeset lines set both flush left and flush right is called?
Justified
Word processing programs
Pagemaker, Indesign, word, appleworks, quark express
Weight of 1,000 sheets of paper is called?
M weight
What is the device that moves the arrow on the computer screen?
Mouse
Another name for page number?
Folio
Name the correct order of colors of a 3 part NCR paper?
White canary/yellow pink
What does ROM stand for?
Read only memory
DPI (dots per inch) are used to measure?
Resolution
What is the primary input device for a computer?
Keyboard
The spectrum is also known as visible light?
Electromagnetic
What is it called when text is composed around an image or illustration?
WRAP around or RUN around
4 examples of hardware on a computer?
Monitor mouse keyboard CPU
A three second sketch?
Thumbnail
Section 4
(50 cards)
Grained plates except?
Diazo coating
What is the universal color code?
The pantone matching system
The space between lines of type is called?
Leading
A thin, red plastic film on a clear base, often used as masks for half-tones?
Rubilith
what does a pica measure?
length of the line of text
A plastic wrapping that uses heat to seal it?
Shrink wrap
you can examine film with this to detect Parallax error:
Collimator
What are the additive colors of light?
RGB
Analog data?
A. film B. paper C.slides
lithographic printing utilizes what kind of plate?
flat plate
Illusion resulting from a change in a viewing angle?
Parallax error
Flatbed scanners are very expensive and high-end machines. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Method of masking identical multiple plate images on a single printing plate?
Step and repeat
What are the subtractive colors of light?
CMYK
This is the most common or popular type of scanner?
Flatbed scanner
What does ROM store?
Permanently written instructions
when stripping a flat the images wrong reading:
emulsion-up
How many picas in an inch?
6
The process of passing a single sheet through the press and then folding and trimming it to form a portion of a book or magazine?
signature imposition
What do you need permission from to use copyrighted material?
The publsiher
Large printers should run what?
large posters
How do you determine the setting for the plate maker?
Grey scale dark 4 light 5
Assembled masking sheets with attached pieces of them:
flat
A ballot?
The opacity quality of masking sheets do not allow what through?
Light
Give an example of when your eye is bleached?
Camera flash and looking at the sun
A job that is made up by folding one or several press sheets?
Signature
What does the MSDS tell us?
Ingredients in chemicals and what to do in case of emergency (spill, someone comes in contact,etc.)
A rule is?
A line
Assembling of signatures in correct order?
Gathering
What is the name of the code the computer produces every time a key is pressed on the keyboard?
Alpha-numeric
What is the proper way to stock paper?
In low-temperature air conditioned room
OSHA stands for?
Occupational safety and health administration
Adhesive circles to line-up complementary flats:
Dowel
In order to protect a developed plate from oxidation, the plate should be coated with?
Gum arabic
What is another name for continuous tone images?
Photographs
Two or more flats stripped so each can be exposed singlyto a plate but still have each image appear in correct position the final sheet?
complementary flat
Undesirable image produced when 2 different or randomly positioned screen patterns overprint?
Moire pattern
The K in CMYK refers to:
Black K=Key color
A separate flat for both sides of a sheet of paper?
Sheetwise imposition
Makes accurate holes in masking sheets and metal plates?
Register punch
An opening in a flat is called?
a widow
all preparation done prior to a press run is called
make ready or pre-press
These fit over the dowels to make sure the flats always fall in the same position on the dowels?
Snap filters
If a piece of lithography tape is too close to an image, the image will?
Break down
what kind of plate does flexigraphic graphic printing utilize:
raised plate
A job requires 10,573 copies. How many reams of 20 pound paper are needed?
22 Reams (10,573 divided by 500+ 21 rl146=21 reams and 146 sheets)
When stripping a flat the negative is under the masking and sheet and is Right reading:
Emulsion-down
What is the name of the process where you place halftones on one flat and line work on another?
Double burning
The liquid used to "paint out" pin holes on a film negative?
Opaque or opaquing solution
Section 5
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Point size is measured according to a printing tool used in the past called?
foundry type
What type of artwork is used with the .TIFF extension?
Line art
Define drier:
Any substance mixed with ink to speed drying
Analog data is a bound to a________, such as film or paper
Carrier
opacity:
the hiding or covering quality of ink
Colorless substance mixed with ink to increase covering power?
Extender
White letters on black background"
Reverse
A logic board in a computer is also known as the motherboard. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
pigments:
the coloring materials in ink
What is effected the most by relative humidity?
paper
What do you call a black plate for separations?
K (plate)
the terms antique, smooth, and glossy refer to what?
paper finishes
what software is best suited for .pdfs?
acrobat
Raster images are created in this program?
Adobe photoshop
When creating a high resolution vector file with text what would you save it as?
What happens if a product is copyrighted in public domain?
You don't need permission to use it
What is the correct type face for textbook composition?
Serif
Define resistant:
Manufactured to withstand the action of such as gases,chemical, heat, and mostiure
what input device that converts analog data to digital data?
Scanner
What are slashes, clots, and knife cuts called?
Preforations
what is a french fold?
two right angles
Inks that contain finely ground metallic powder, such as aluminum and bronze, which are used to provide silver and gold colors is what type of ink?
Metallic inks
What is the purpose of push guides on the feeding table of a press?
To even and straighten the paper
Copies that have stet on it mean what?
Leave as is
When is it time to change the blade on a paper cutter?
When the paper is jagged on the edges
What is bursting strength?
The strength of the teeth while perforating "BURSTing strength"
Laser printers use what toner compared to ink jet printers?
Laser printers use dry toner and ink jet uses wet ink
What color scheme would you use for a digital press?
CMYK
Edge of plate, paper and the flat enters the printing press first?
gripper edge
When compressing an image file what do you save it as?
.ZIP
What is four-color process printing?
when you use cyan, magenta, yellow, and black process inks to reproduce images as they would appear in color photograph
What does it mean when the fountain solution is waterlogged?
The fountain solution is emulsified
When would you use a PICT file?
For storing images
What do you do before you use the bindery equipment?
read manual
What is an accordion fold?
7 folds made parallel to each other
How many points are in a pica?
12
What else can be drilled besides paper?
vinyl,plastic, and cardboard NEVER WOOD OR METAL!
The primary advantage of generating images by computer is that is speedy. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Ink for 4-color process printing are called?
Process colors
JPEG is used to save what kind of images?
Raster images
Vector images are created in the software program?
Adobe Illustrator
What are the two types of software that the computer uses?
system and application software
What does .RIP stand for?
raster image processor
what is .TIFF stand for?
Tagged image file format
How do you preflight digital files?
Check files and fonts, fix any problems, send out for production
When cutting a thick stack of paper into certain shapes you use a ?
Guillotine cutter
What is intaglio printing used for?
Paper currency
Personalized mailing according to geographic, utilize what?
Demographics
When analog data is copied to anther medium, what is lost?
Quality
Line art is represented by picture elements or?
vectors
Section 6
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what is paper glaze?
thin layer of tiny particles of clay, sizing, lint, and other paper components forming on press roller and blanket
when replacing dry ink/toner, what should you do?
shake the cartridge
Analog data is a bound to a _________, such as film or paper.
Carrier
A rule is a?
line
What is the name of the process where you place halftones on one flat and line work on another?
Double Burning
movable guides-hold paper pile in position?
paper position
what does stet mean?
leave as is
what is the size of bond paper?
17 by 22
what key combination do you press when your computer freezes?
CTRL+ALT+DEL
A job that requires a photo, a bar graph, and text to be composed in BOOKLET form is best set up in:
Page maker or page layout
Another name for typed composed around two or more sides of a graphic is called?
wraparound or runaround
name one way you can upgrade a computer's RAM
BUY IT AND INSTALL IT
If you are creating a document to be printed on a duplicator, which color model will you use?
CMYK
when is printing considered during a job?
when the job is designed
how do you change a vector image to a high resolution raster image?
change it into a .TIFF file
decreasing white space between individual characters to make better typeface fit?
kerning
printing 2 sides, same plate, same lead edge is called a?
work and turn
Adhesive circles to line up complimentary flats?
dowel
Hardware examples?
keyboard, mouse, external drive, monitor
when should you replace the drum on the inside of the printing press?
based on it's life expectancy
drum scanners can convert RGB to CMYK TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
PICT files will create high-quality, high-resolution images and text. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
when converting a vector image to a raster image to a raster image, what file format would you use?
RIP
What does a water miscible cleaner do?
Mixes with water to remove water soluble particles from press roller, blanket and cylinders.
white space between columns or margins?
gutter
what is blanket packing?
substructure used to raise the blanket surface
what resolution, color mode and file format do you use for web design?
72 dpi, RGB, JPEG
how do you air stock?
fan through the paper
scumming occurs when?
non-image areas accept ink
what is the measurement for resolution?
DPI OR PPI dots per inch picas per inch
what kind of ink does "four color process" printing use?
transparent
page number:
folio
if a printed image is blurry, what is the first thing you should check?
resolution
when printing a 2 color business card, you would use process colors. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE YOU WOULD USE SPOT COLORS
why does color over monochrome require more maintenance?
it is used more and has more parts
after printing a job, the customer doesn't like the color, what do you do?
If the customer's fault: charge them and reprint If it is the company's fault: reprint
Define a folio lip:
Extra material on the back of the page or pages of an insert or signature needed on the saddle stitches to pull open the piece.
When collating NCR, first to last,what is the coated order of the paper?
back font and back front and back front
Folding legal size paper into a ___ fold to fit a legal #10 enelope
z fold
how many terabytes (TB) are in 2048 gigabytes (GB)?
2
define system software:
computer software designed to operate and control the computers hardware
symbols such as < > # ^ mean what?
insertion
toners:
strong ink body colors with highly concentrated pigments
the native file format for Photoshop document is EPS TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
When designing for the web, what measurement would you use?
pixels
the numbers stored in the computer are ___, which means that they consist of 0s and 1s
binary digit
What is the shorted form of binary digit?
bit
What can preflighting on a digital press detect?
printing adjustments
when mailing a printed image, the folded edge should be?
top and left
which type of memory is added by the computer owner/operator to increase the computer's ability to handle larger files?
RAM
Section 7
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