The type of Printing Machines

Many different types of printing machines , there are a variety of methods of classification , but mainly methods are the below five ways of the classification.

1. According to the type of plate , the printing machines are divided into raised plate printing machine , lithography printing machine , intaglio printing machines, holes plate printing machines.

2. According to the size of the printing format , the printing machines are divided into micro-octavo printing machines , small quarto printing machines , folio paper printing machines , complete sheet printing machines , two complete sheet printing machines.

3. According to the form of printing paper sheet , the printing machines are divided into flat paper printing machines and web printing machines.

4. According to the color number , the printing machines are included single color printing machine , multi-color printing machines ( two color , four color , five color , six color , eight color ).

5. According to the printing surface , the printing machines are divided into single-sided printer, double-sided printing machines.

Printing Machinery

It should be at work first printing of text and images into plates, mounted on a printing press, and then manually or press the ink coating to the printed version of the text and images have a place, and then transfer directly or indirectly to paper or other substrates and then copy the printed version with the same print. 

The twentieth century before the 50s, the traditional craft of letterpress printing in the printing industry dominant, to the development of printing press based Toppan. Toppan Printing lead alloy but the existence of labor-intensive process, production cycle length and the shortcomings of polluting the environment.From the 60's, with short cycle, high productivity of the beginning of the rise of offset printing technology and development, lead alloy Toppan Printing have been gradually replaced by offset printing.

Printing soft, hole printing, electrostatic printing, inkjet printing, packaging printing, advertising printing has also been developed. Version of the form of press is divided into by Toppan Printing, lithography, intaglio printing press and hole version; installed version and the embossing pressure level structure is divided into flat-type, round and round flat-type printing press circle.

Questions and Answers of Printing

Q: What is printing process step?

A: Pre-press printing is including 3 steps in general, prepare work before printing , printing step and some other works after printing. The pre-printed pre-press work means, generally refers to photography, design, production, publishing, the film, proofing, etc.; In printing work in the medium term, through the printing press, not bound by the process of seized products; The latter refers to the work of printing, generally refers to the post-print processing, including cutting, coating, cutting machines, pasting bags, framed, UV coating and so on.

Q: How to print the planning, what information should be prepared?

A: The printed materials for the design of the planning is the theme of the way for printing, page size, print the contents of the subject matter, the color printing paper or a few, such as after the process should be careful, specific discussion of the production process to make the successful completion of Finally finished fine print.

General planning should be a clear target audience, and the preparation of targeted fax. Related industries can rival the collection of publicity materials, websites, magazines or abroad, as well as their own film companies or products of the factory or office, such as photos, gift boxes, printable scrapbook paper , etc.

Q: What is the production of finished (e-finished)?

A: The basis for planning the layout of the first draft of the Record, photos and illustrations, the correct position marked with the correct color and so on, followed by electronic means to deal with the full text of articles, and clear instructions to the special requirements of plate-making and make-up.

Q: What is the output made film?

A: e-ready output processing center should be the output film (film), clear instructions a few lines of output, and color, monochrome number of P, whether or not the number of characters and specifications for such projects, to avoid communication errors, resulting in non - necessary loss.

Q: What is pre-press proofing? Why should pre-press proofing?

A: This is a pre-final step is to output film made after the pre-press proofer used mainly to check whether the finished color proofing requirements, there is color calibration and other amendments must be especially careful to write red understand the specific location of the text description or outline of the right staff to convey to the plate in order to avoid unnecessary loss.