Chapter 17: Relief Printing

A platemaking method that exposes a light-sensitive plate coating through a negative.

Define the term photoengraving.

1. A negative is placed over the plate and exposed using UV light. 2. The nonimage area is washed away. 3. The plate is dried and re-exposed to strengthen the image.

Describe the process used to make a photopolymer plate.

Platen press, flatbed cylinder press, rotary press

List the three types of presses traditionally used in relief printing.

Grocery bags, labels, and folding cartons

List three finishing applications of traditional relief printing equipment.

Raised

Relief printing creates images from a(n) ____ surface.

False

T/F: Flexography is one of many relief processes used in the graphic communications industry.

Movable

Using ____ type, multiple copies of a book can be printed.

To reduce wear on the form and allow printers to produce more than on copy of a form at a time.

What is the purpose of a duplicate plate?

The plate cylinder and the impression cylinder.

What two cylinders make up the printing unit of a rotary press?

Roundbed

Which of the following is not a relief printing press?

Rubber

Which of the following plates provides a smooth transfer of ink to an uneven substrate surface?

Rubber

Which of the following plates provides a smooth transfer of ink to rough-surfaced materials? A.Photopolymer B.Stereotype. C.Rubber D.Electrotype

Dressing paper

Which of these materials is not used to pack a platen press?

Photoengraving

Which platemaking method produces a relief image by exposing a light-sensitive plate coating through a negative?

Rotary press

Which type of press is designed to print high volumes of material from a continuous roll of paper?