Print Professional Training Program
Modern print shop management optimizes work processes. Learn
about and apply new solutions - for faster production, more
faithful color reproduction and more efficient work!
Excerpt from the training program
Organization
- Planning and management of print jobs, production
monitoring
From idea to PDF
- Use of FreeHand, Illustrator, QuarkXPress and InDesign
- Editing images with Photoshop
- The possibilities and effects of different typefaces
- Color as a design element
- Digital photography
- Data formats and how to use them Prepress workflow and
platemaking
Prepress workflow systems and RIP technologies
- Digital imposition with Prinect Signa Station
- CtF technology: mounting films
- CtP technology: CtP plates and imagers
- Saving and archiving production data
Printing technology
- Besides single- and two-color presses, a Speedmaster SM
74-4+L with CP 2000, Image Control and a coating system is used.
- A Quickmaster QM DI 46-4 is used to teach the theory and
practice of digital offset printing.
- Setting of paper travel for different stocks
- Basic adjustments of dampening and inking units
- Conventional and automatic plate clamping bars
- Introduction to the Prinect CP 2000 control system
Quality control in offset printing
- Quality standards, standardization, ISO 12647
- Densitometry and colorimetry basics
- Using measurement equipment to assess press sheets
- Print Image Control: measurement and control on the
four-color press
Press peripherals
- Air compressors, vacuum pumps, inking unit temperature
control, dryer systems
- Inline coating, aqueous coatings, matt and glossy spot
coating
Finishing in theory and practice
- Finishing operations and production equipment
- Using Compucut to program the cutting machine with prepress
data
Cost management and pricing
- Pricing basics
- Pricing and job preparation with Prinect Prinance
- Costing and invoicing
Print Version
World of Print Media - Everything You Need to Know About the Print Media Industry
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active learning software and a reference source all in one; an
effective means of instantly obtaining comprehensive information
about technologies and trends in the print media sector. More