Offset Printing Technology detailed syllabus for Printing & Package Technology (PPT) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PPT students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Printing & Package Technology 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PPT 4th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of offset printing technology is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Principles of Offset Printing, Plate Chemistry and Processing
Principles of lithography, wetting of a solid surface by a liquid before and after surface treatment. Base materials and properties – Aluminium, Stainless steel, Copper, Chromium, Nickel, Poly masters and paper masters; Graining – types; Contact angle and wettability; Anodisation – Process; Plate chemistry – Conventional plates, Photopolymer compounds, Digital Imaging Plates-Thermal sensitive, Silver halide, Silver hybrid plates; Plate exposing unit; Light source – Types- advantages, disadvantages, Plates for digital imaging-, sensitivity, chemistry, mechanism of image formation and processing. Processless plates. Desensitizing process, gum, developing inks, lacquers and asphaltum, Quality Control Aids.
Unit II
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Unit III
Printing Unit Configuration
Various types of configurations, cylinder design, requirements, plate and blanket clamping mechanisms. Gears, drives. Pressure setting, packing, print length variation, equal diameter, true rolling principles. Grippers, settings. Sheet transfer in multi colour presses, reversal systems for perfecting. Requirements of sheet delivery, quick delivery mechanisms. Anti set-off spray devices. Feeders, delivery and other system requirements for metal printing machines, Computerized offset machineries, Offset machine manufacturers – Major brands, Machine Formats, Technical comparison;
Unit IV
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Unit V
Printing and Inline Operations
Make-ready operations, multi colour printing, automatic plate fixing, computer controls in printing, automatic blanket washing devices, roller washing solutions. Sheet coating systems, configuration spot coating and varnishing, numbering. Types of Dryers. Print problem identification and quality control strips, Test charts, ISO 12647-2. Emerging Trends – Automation, Print industry 4.0, Hybrid presses;
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Helmutt Kipphan, Handbook of Print Media, Springer, Heidelberg, 2001
- Lloyd P. Dejidas, Thomas M. Destree, Sheetfed Offset Press Operating, GATF, 2005.
References:
- A.S.Porter, A Manual of Lithographic Press Operation, Lithographic Training Services, 1977
- John MacPhee, Fundamentals of Lithographic Printing: Vol.I – Mechanics of Printing, GATF, 1998.
- Thomas M. Destree, The PIA/GATF Guide to Troubleshooting for the Sheetfed Offset Press, GATF, 2005
- W.R.Durrant. R.E. Witeworth and C.W.Meacock, Machine Printing, Focal Press, London, 1973
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Printing & Package Technology, 2019 regulation curriculum do visit PPT 4th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
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