Handbook of print media pdf download

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We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. The author covers both traditional as well as computer-aided technologies in all stages of production, as well as electronic media and multimedia.

He also deals with training, research, strategies and trends, showing readers how to implement the latest methods. With 1, pages, containing 1, illustrations - over half in colour - the Handbook conveys the current state of technology together with its specific terminology.

ISBN Your tags:. Send-to-Kindle or Email Please login to your account first Need help? Please read our short guide how to send a book to Kindle. The file will be sent to your email address. It may take up to minutes before you receive it. Projects in printing technology processes, automation, measurement and control techniques in printing system engineering. Managerial and senior managerial positions in the fields of research and development, sheet-fed and web offset printing, technology transfer, patenting and education.

Since responsible for Technology and Innovation Research, thus working in all areas of the graphic arts industry, particularly in the fields of advanced and new technologies for print media production. Intensive cooperation with customers, companies and institutes around the world, regarding new technologies, product improvements, further and new developments. Involvement and management positions on committees for industrial joint research in mechanical engineering and the graphic arts industry within national and international associations and organizations.

Since cooperation with a team of authors from the fields of science, research, education and training, academia and industry and an international team of translators to create and publish both a German and an English edition of the Handbook of Print Media. Responsible as project manager, scientific director, main author and editor, representing Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG in cooperation with Springer.

Title Helmut Kipphan Ed. Helmut Kipphan. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, , in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag.

Violations are liable for prosecution under German Copyright Law. The translation work for the English edition was started in immediately after the manuscripts for the German edition had been prepared. The translation of the German preface follows this preface.

The German preface describes in detail the origins of this handbook, the goals regarding contents and readership, and in particular the comprehensive cooperation with experts from academia and industry in the fields of science, research, development, education and from publishing and the communication industry worldwide. I have expressed my recognition and gratitude to the many experts and partners in this cooperation and would like to do so again here.

The translation for the English edition was done by a team of international translators, headed by Dr. In my capacity as editor, author within the large group of authors,and project manager I was responsible for the content of the handbook and its scientific and technical quality. I was deeply involved in the process of enhancing the translation and learned a lot with the translators when explaining the technical facts,answering questions and showing what had to be described.

K i p p h a n I S B N 3 - 5 4 0 - 6 7 3 2 6 - 1 pictures and graphs for enhancing the educational and technological presentation. The typographical details, the fonts and page layout are optimized for easy reading. I would like to thank the whole team working on the translation, especially the afore-mentioned experts for their patience, efforts and support in creating a valuable international handbook, which is now ready for worldwide use.

We took special care to choose terminology which is used and understandable worldwide and exploited this consistently throughout the whole book sometimes giving additional terms. This was a great challenge and the reader should excuse us if some terms are different from those he is familiar with. There is, however, some additional information from international publications to support the English speaking readership.

In any case where an English edition exists we added this in or replaced the German edition with this. Most of the addresses, for example of research institutes and associations, are stated in their native language. We have not given a translation for these. If official names exist in English, in some cases we have substituted them for the German or added them in. The handbook should also help to ensure that the influence of innovations, advanced and new technologies, market and customer demands on these industries and their further growth be evolutionary rather than revolutionary, and that print media continue to contribute to the maintenance, expansion and further development of a high degree of education, culture, progress and quality of life throughout the world.

K i p p h a n I S B N 3 - 5 4 0 - 6 7 3 2 6 - 1 VII Preface of the German Edition The technological change and evolution in the printing, publishing and communications industry and increasing market requirements in terms of quality, costs and distribution of print media, have led to a considerable change in the technologies and processes used for their production.

Digitalization, automation, synergistic technologies and innovations are further signs of improvements, developments and new production methods and processes. Demand on print media is also influenced by the spread of electronic media together with new possibilities in information storage and availability, production and design of print media and the creation of new multimedia products, in particular as well as the workflow stages involved in media production. Processes and equipment used to produce print media require the use of a wide range of innovative technologies and components from all areas of technology and industry — the need for cross-functional, interdisciplinary working is particularly strong in the graphic arts industry and therefore involves cooperating with partners from many industrial sectors.

It is the advances in computer and networking technology, digital control and processing of production equipment within the total production chain in print media creation — that is from concept to the final print media product — which more than anything else have enabled the traditional production areas of prepress, press and postpress to evolve together and be realized for practical use.

Digital workflow has become a reality, Computer to Novel printing technologies, production methods and strategies have become possible and are being used in practice.

Digitalization has also created the premedia sector in which information for distribution is created as a digital master that forms the basis for duplication via both print media and electronic media. Investment decisions must be made from a commercial, technical, market and customer-specific point of view, based on a wide range of business and technical performance factors and criteria. Information and knowledge on this meteoric development and new possibilities have been published in numerous books and papers in technical literature and presented and discussed at national and international symposia and conferences, but mostly only describing specific subjects.

However, it is difficult for the individual to keep up-to-date and form a comprehensive picture based on traditional technologies and processes. In this respect the far reaching content and didactic design of the Handbook of Print Media should make it an essential aid and tool in everyday practice. The original ideas for producing a handbook of print media are based on my conversations in June with Dr. Hubertus v. Riedesel Dipl.

Conversations between the management of the publishing house, and Hartmut Mehdorn Dipl. It was, in particular, Hartmut Mehdorn, who undertook to meet the urgent need for further education and training in the printing and publishing industry and supported the project through his creative and extremely active involvement.

The following events lend particular significance to the year for the graphic arts industry and Heidelberg: the th birthday of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of letterpress printing using movable metallic type, the required tools and a printing press; the th anniversary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG and, linked to this, the inauguration of the Print Media Academy based in Heidelberg.

With the Print Media Academy as a new center for communication, qualifications and knowledge within a worldwide network for the whole printing and publishing industry, and the Handbook of Print Media, Heidelberg continues to contribute to the improvement and dissemination of knowledge about the requirements of industry and promote the advancement of the graphic arts and communications industry.

An examination of the current literature showed that a large number of good text books and much educational literature is already available, covering most subjects and areas of the printing and publishing industry as well as a large quantity of individual publications, but also that there is considerable demand for an up-to-date, clear and comprehensive presentation of the whole subject.

The handbook should therefore serve as a standard reference for technical communication and further education; it should provide technical personnel and managers of printing and publishing houses, of the graphic arts and communications industry, supply industry, scientific bodies, trade associations and experts in research and education, trainees and students with comprehensive information.

In addition, however, it should give those who are not familiar with the industry the opportunity to learn about the theory and practice of print media production and to develop an awareness of new areas. The wide scope of the handbook means that there has been a deliberate use of repetition in the individual chapters. This enables the reader to first become familiar with the broad area of a subject and then use crossreferencing to study the complementary information given in other chapters.

References to specialist and complementary literature help to provide more in-depth information. It represents a building block and reference work for training programs and further education — also in the context of the programs of the Print Media Academy — and is aimed at an international readership having a broad range of different interests.

The CD-ROM includes the complete handbook, enables a full text search and contains additional aids to provide a convenient and focused method of searching and information gathering. It also provides a user friendly guide to the extensive text and the numerous figures.

K i p p h a n I S B N 3 - 5 4 0 - 6 7 3 2 6 - 1 Preface There is an up-to-date explanation of the state-of-theart with respect to subject matter, referring in general to the end of Statements on the trends and forecasts are based on current facts and extensive experience as well as information obtained around the world. The editor and publisher have agreed to update the handbook in subsequent editions, so that it forms a standard work for the production of print media.

It is with pleasure that I undertook the extremely stimulating tasks which Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG entrusted to me as leader of the project to create the handbook, as well as taking charge of the technical content, and acting as the editor.

This afforded me a particular opportunity and responsibility for creating and making the subject matter available while Springer, in close cooperation, undertook the production and marketing.

This was coupled with the skill, knowledge, competence and experience of the Heidelberg Group, but predominantly with external authors. One of the greatest challenges was to set up the team of authors, to discuss and agree on the subject matter and content, to match the authors to the current tasks and to complement the team during the editing process.

The initial meeting of a core team of authors took place in Heidelberg in March Additional authors were still being included in the team until August A great deal of thanks is due to all authors. Thanks also go to the many experts, who are not named here but whose words and deeds contributed to the content and progress of the project.

Professor Arved C. K i p p h a n I S B N 3 - 5 4 0 - 6 7 3 2 6 - 1 Chemnitz supported the coordination of the technical matter. In closest collaboration with the editor they contributed to ensuring that the manuscripts met the quality demanded of the handbook in terms of content and educational value, and that the contributions were as consistent as possible.

The English translation of the handbook was begun immediately following production of the German manuscript. They undertook the task of performing a general check of the translations produced regarding the language and then once again for content, resulting in a number of improvements. This also meant that the experience and interests of international experts, teachers and readers could be taken into account to an even greater extent.

Martin Schmitt-Lewen Dipl. Special mention goes to their support in working on the manuscripts for proof-reading and correction as well as searching for and acquiring material for illustrations. The work included the competent and accurate proof-reading of all the versions of the chapters right up to going to print.

I am particularly keen to thank all of the companies, experts and customers all over the world for the many conversations, the advice, suggestions and constructive criticism on the wide range of subjects and queries on the production of print media and the demands on the means of production. It was only with this information and support, mainly based on years of close cooperation and continual personal contacts, that we could take an up-to-date and comprehensive view of the IX X Preface of the German Edition interests and requirements of the users of production equipment and systems as well as their customers.

This applies both to the gathering of the material for the book and the handling and treatment of the individual topics. Many thanks also for the support received from colleagues and experts in the Heidelberg Group worldwide as well as the numerous contacts in companies in the supply industry, partners in cooperation and competitors, as well as experts and partners in institutions and organizations for industrial and academic research.

It was always a common goal for me, Heidelberg and Springer to produce the very highest quality. Readers and users of the handbook are urged to provide suggestions and advice on how it may be updated and improved. This information will help in the preparation of a subsequent edition broadly based on a desire for continuous improvement. The selection and creation of illustrations posed a particular challenge and represented a subject of special interest to me personally, firstly with respect to the quality of the images and secondly from the point of view of a representative selection of examples of products from as many suppliers as possible.

Special thanks to all companies and experts whose understanding and helpfulness provided us with illustrations and information either directly or indirectly. Great care has been taken to name all sources; if there are omissions, please accept our apologies. It should also mean that the influence of innovations, advanced technologies and market and customer demands on these industries and their further development will be evolutionary rather than revolutionary and that print media will continue to contribute to the maintenance, expansion and further growth of a high degree of education, culture, progress and quality of life throughout the world.

K i p p h a n I S B N 3 - 5 4 0 - 6 7 3 2 6 - 1 XI Authors and their Contributions As explained in the preface, a team of authors from science, research, academia and industry was formed to create the handbook. Editing of the diverse and comprehensive subject matter resulted from close cooperation with Professor Helmut Kipphan Dr. Many contributions — sections as well as complete chapters — were produced by individual authors. Numerous sections also arose out of the cooperation of several authors, mainly author and co-author.

Co-authors are named if they have made important contri- butions to the content and scope of the section. Sections or chapters which were written by one author in total or as the main author, are in bold print in the following list, while co-authors are named for sections or chapters in normal type for contributions which are roughly equal there is no distinction made between author and co-author.

Beier, Wolfgang, Prof. Friedl, Friedrich, Prof. Dolezalek, Friedrich, Ph. Frankenthal 1. Ritz, Axel, Prof. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg Ruder, Rudolf, Prof. Chemnitz 1. Kipphan, Helmut, Prof. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg 1.

Gallen, Switzerland 3. Liebetruth, Hartmann, Prof. Nestler, Rainer, Prof. Neumann, Richard, Dipl. Lengerich 1. Nicolay, Klaus-Peter, Dipl.

Seydel, Michael, Dr. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg 4. Tessmann, Uwe, Dr. Thomas, Hermann, Dipl. Darmstadt 2. Walenski, Wolfgang Bergisch-Gladbach 1. Rech, Helmut, Prof. Print Media. Other Printed Media. Electronic Media. Distribution and Market Volume. Trends and Scenarios for the Future. Changes in the Traditional Printing Sector. Integration of New Media. Layout, Typography, Graphic Design. Graphic Design. Digital Production Equipment in the Workflow.

Overview of Printing Technologies. Printing Technologies with a Printing Master. Gravure Printing. Screen Printing. Ink Jet. Color Image Composition. Printing Inks. Structure and Requirements. Offset Printing Inks. Gravure Printing Inks. Flexographic Printing Inks. Letterpress Printing Inks. Screen Printing Inks. Pad Printing Inks. Inks for Non-Impact Printing Technologies.

General Structure. Designs for Multicolor Printing. Sheet-fed Printing Presses. Web-fed Printing Presses. Packaging Printing Presses. Physical Drying Absorption. Infrared IR Drying. Evaporative Drying. Problems in Practical Operation. Auxiliary Drying Techniques. Silicone Application. Measuring Techniques. Basic Principles. Print Quality. Sheet-fed Offset Printing. Paper Travel. Printing Units. Print Enhancement and In-line Finishing.

Press Architecture Special Designs. Web-fed Offset Printing. Press and System Concepts Components. Web Travel Infeed and Further Processing. Printing Unit. Folders and Print Product Variations. Newspaper Printing.

Press Remote Control Systems. Color Measurement and Control Systems. Register Measurement and Control. Inspection of the Printed Image.

Gravure Cylinder Manufacture. Gravure Cylinder Imaging. Storage and Changing of Gravure Cylinders. Impression Roller. Inking Unit and Doctor Blade. Circumferential and Lateral Register. Magazine Turner Bars Superstructure. Gravure Printing Folders.

Reel Stand. Examples of Gravure Printing Systems. Gravure Printing in the Packaging Industry. Potential for Further Development. Equipment and Machinery for Flat-bed Screen Printing. Word Processing, Typesetting. Typesetting Procedure. Text Input. Word Processing and Typesetting. Designs of Output Devices. Requirements on Films.

Use and Importance of Analog Reproduction. Principles, Tasks of Photomechanical Reproduction. Machines and Devices used in Reproduction Technology. Production of Film Copies for Multicolor Printing. Electronic Reproduction Technology Repro Scanner.

Page Make-up. Sheet Assembly. Platemaking and Quality Control. General Information. Offset Printing. Structure of Digital Printed Products.

Technological Capabilities and Workflows. Digital Description of the Printed Page. Digital Screening Processes. Quality Requirements. Input and Output Resolution. Transferable Tonal Range. Dot Shape. Tone Value Influences in Printing. Color Management Profiles. Image-dependent Effects and Corrections. Digital Photography. Origins of Digital Photography. Image Scanning with Digital Cameras. Demands on the Resolution. Special Features of Digital Cameras. Digital Photography and Color Management.

Digitizing Originals Scanner. Scanner Designs and Models. Drum Scanners. Flat-bed Scanners. Digitizing and Redigitizing. Sheet Assembly and Imposition. Page Make-up and Sheet Assembly. Full-Sheet Output. Imposition through Software. Imposition Workflows.

Storage Media. Network Concepts and Components. Working with Networks. Data Formats. Color Management. Production of Color Profiles. Structure of Color Profiles. Connection of Color Profiles. Rendering Intent. Color Management and the Production of Proofs. Color Management for Images on the Internet. Color Management and Standardization. Digital Proof. Soft Proof.

Hard Proof. Color Management Concepts. Preflight Check. Film Production and Platemaking. Computer to Film Systems. Computer to Plate Systems. Computer to Film. Computer to Plate.