Advanced Corrugated (Outline)
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| Day 1 - Begin 8:30am |
- Introductions & Facility Orientation
- Course Overview: What to Expect, Questions that will be answered, Tools for Troubleshooting
- Options for Corrugated: Post Print, PrePrint, Litho Lamination, Digital Ink Jet
- Flexographic Printing as a Process: Defining the key components
- Break
- Image Reproduction Fundamentals:
- Halftones to Quadtones, Line Screen Rulings, Screen Angles, Hybrid Screening, Min & Max Dot
- Press Orientation: Design Terminology, Components and Function
Lunch Break: Travel to local establishment as a group
On Press: 2-Color Press Run
- Setup and Registration Process
- Anilox and Plate Impression Settings
- Defining the Role of Print Control Targets
- Beginning of Graphics Troubleshooting
4:30 PM: Finish
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| Day 2 - Begin 8:30am |
- Orientation to the Densitometer
Using the correct settings
- Dot Gain Measurement and Analysis
Using the Tone Scale to Predict Results
Break
- Explaining How Process Color Printing Works
L*a*b* and L*c*h*
Lunch Break: Travel to local establishment as a group
On Press: Printing the Press Characterization / Fingerprint
- Types of Printing Plates and Mounting Options
- Ink pH and Viscosity Adjustments
- How to Run a Fingerprint
- Establishing Press Parameters and Gray Balance
4:30 PM: Finish
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| Day 3 - Begin 8:30am |
- How a contract proof is established
Evaluation of Contract Proofs
On Press: 4 - Color Process Job
- Printing to Specifications
- Utilizing Press Control Targets
- Ink Adjustments if Necessary
Lunch
On Press: 4 - Color Process Job
- On-Press Troubleshooting
- Measurement and Control of Dot Gain
- Achieving Consistency
4:00 PM: Wrap up, Review and Question & Answer Session
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