College of technology College of technology

GRTC 3352: Graphic Production Process Control II

  • Prerequisite: None
  • Credit: 3 semester hours

Course Description

Theoretical and practical aspects of printing presses for single-color reproductions. Use of appropriate quality control devices and standards.

Course Goals

This course is designed to familiarize students with the production processes and controls used in the creation of single and multi-page documents in both black and white, and in color. Both traditional (static data) and variable data printing technologies are examined. The course is not intended to produce proficient technicians. Rather, students completing the course will have a broad overview and understanding of print production processes and controls so that they may effectively communicate technically with printing vendors, buyers, prepress, press and post press technicians.

Students completing the course will be familiar with:

  1. printing processes and printing systems;
  2. offset printing principles, technologies, makeready, printing, and clean-up;
  3. gravure, letterpress, flexographic, screen, and special printing principles and processes;
  4. non-impact and hybrid printing principles and processes;
  5. premakeready and makeready;
  6. printing inks and toners;
  7. imposition of printer's spreads using imposition software; and
  8. folding, cutting, stitching, and other bindery processes.

Student Work Examples from Previous Semesters