The process of creation
Every piece of paper is printed from the
beginning of the creation process. Writers, editors, graphic designers and
artists are the beginning of the creation of magazines, newspapers, brochures,
flyers, catalogues and other printed works. The book example group started
working a few days before the book printing.
It decided the theme of the article, arranged the author and editor, and
promoted the whole process. When each article has been written, edited, and
passed through the last artwork, these articles are sent to the image designer
in the form of electronic manuscript to design the layout of the page.
The graphic designer determines the content
on each page, the location of the text-related image, and the location of the
image in some publications. Usually, it's not so easy to determine the match
between the picture and the text in a limited page. As with movies, some
materials are discarded. Finally, after page design, editing and modification,
the digital print file of the whole file is made. The printed document contains
the page design of the printed magazine, which is usually copied on the CD.
Printing process
The principle of lithography is simple: ink
and water do not mix. Images (words and pictures) are placed on the board,
which is first soaked in water and then in ink. Ink is full of places with
images, while water is in places without images. Then the image is transferred
to the rubber pad, and then printed on the paper by the rubber pad. This is why
this printing process is also known as offset printing: images are not printed
directly from the board to the paper, just like in intaglio printing.
Steps in the printing process
Step 1: before printing, the document must
be etched on the aluminum plate. On top of the board, a chemical reaction coats
the board with an inkjet material. Each basic tremor, such as black, cyan
(blue), magenta (red) and yellow, has its own board. Even if you can see many
kinds of colors on the printed matter, there are only four kinds of colors used
(this is also called 4-color printing process)
Step 2: the printing process for book printing is called rotary offset
printing. The roll feeds continuously through the feed. The weight of each roll
is usually about 1 ton. The paper goes through four different presses, each
with a different color board, and then through a furnace to bake ink. Paper is
cut to the right size after printing. Rotary lithography can also use a single
paper press to print the cut paper.
Step 3: binding
Binding refers to binding the printed paper
together with staples or glue, so as to get the final print. If there are six
pages in each volume, and then there are millions of such books to be printed,
you should arrange them in the right order, and then bind them. And you have to
finish the work in at least one day. This is the task of binding. A machine
called a stapler collects printed pages and arranges them. Then, the machine
staples the books into the marks to bind them. The last part of the stapler is
the knife, which is used to trim the pages. Finally, the book can be addressed
and mailed to the reader.
