Syllabus

Course Code: BPPT 101    Course Name: Printing Process (Theory)

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 History of printing: History of Printing, Scope of Indian Printing Industry, Brief Introduction of scope of Printing Industry, Applications of printing Industry, Indian printing Industry- An emerging market, size of the industry, total contribution to the economy, employment opportunity, Recent trends in Printing, .
2 Printing Processes: <>/bIntroduction to conventional printing processes- Relief, Planography, Intaglio, Screen. On Demand printing, Electrostatic, Digital and Mini Offset. Specialized printing -Thermography, Die Stamping, Hot foil stamping, Hologram printing. Suitability & limitations and applications of various printing Processes
3 Basic operations in printing- Pre -Press, Press and Post –press section,: Basic concepts, Typesetting of text matter, formatting the text pagination and arranging the pictures and graphics, Film outputting of text and visual elements particularly color separation, assembly of film and plate making. press: Pre make ready, make-ready operations , Finishing operations
4 Letterpress and Screen printing machines - Classification of letterpress printing machines, types of platen, cylinder and rotary machines with their mechanical and operational features. Screen Printing Machines: Manual, semiautomatic and fully automatic screen printing machines. Rotary screen printing Machines .
Running Defects of different printing process: Common printing defects comes in various printing processes, causes and their remedies.
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