1 Printing Introduction 1.1 Overview of packaging printing and post press 1.1.1 Definition of Printing 1.1.2 Brief introduction of printing and post press 1.2 Brief Principle of Printing Reproduction 1.2.1 Principle of color reproduction 1.2.2 Principle of tone reproduction 1.2.3 Principle of ink transfer 1.3 Evaluation parameters for print quality 1.3.1 Density and solid density 1.3.2 Dot gain 1.3.3 Ink Trapping and Ink Trapping Ratio 1.3.4 Contrast (contrast factor) 1.3.5 Gray balance 1.3.6 Printing registration 2 Offset Printing 2.1 Introduction of offset printing 2.1.1 Overview 2.1.2 Features and Applications 2.2 Principle of offset printing 2.3 Offset Plate Making 2.3.1 Offset Plate Making Method 2.3.2 Plate Materials 2.3.3 Classifying Lithographic Plates 2.3.4 Conventional Plate Making 2.3.5 Computer-to-Plate (CTP) 2.3.6 Waterless Offset plate 2.3.7 Plate making quality assessment 2.4 Offset Press Overview 2.4.1 Feeding Unit 2.4.2 The Registration Unit 2.4.3 Infeed Systems to the First Printing Unit 2.4.4 The Printing Unit 2.4.5 Delivery Unit 2.4.6 Print Enhancement and In-line Finishing 2.5 Offset printing process and troubleshooting 2.5.1 Factors in offset printing 2.5.2 Waterless printing 2.5.3 Offset printing troubleshooting 3 Gravure Printing 3.1 Fundamental of gravure printing 3.1.1 Principle of gravure printing process 3.1.2 Advantages and limitations of gravure printing 3.1.3 Application of gravure printing 3.2 Gravure cylinder manufacturing 3.2.1 Basic manufacturing process of gravure cylinder 3.2.2 Traditional cylinder etching 3.2.3 Electromechanical engraving 3.2.4 Direct engraving of copper with a pulsed laser 3.2.5 Direct laser system with a zinc layer
3.2.6 Cylinder manufacturing with etching, with laser-made masks 3.3 Gravure printing press 3.3.1 Overview of gravure press 3.3.2 Main configurations of gravure press 3.4 Gravure printing process 3.4.1 Web tension control 3.4.2 Register control 3.4.3 Control of ink viscosity 3.5 Future developments of gravure printing 3.6 Gravure printing troubleshooting 4 Flexography Printing 4.1 Introduction to Flexographic Printing 4.1.1 Overview 4.1.2 Principle of Flexographic Printing 4.2 Principle and Process of Flexographic Plate Making 4.2.1 Development of Flexographic Plates and Technologies 4.2.2 Photopolymer Plates Making 4.2.3 Direct Imaged Plates 4.2.4 Flat Top Dot Technology 4.3 Flexographic Press 4.3.1 Introduction of Flexographic Press 4.3.2 Construction of Flexographic Press 4.3.3 Main Parts of Flexographic Press 4.3.4 Presses Procedures 4.3.5 _ Trends in Press Design 4.3.6 Flexo Printing Troubleshooting 5 Screen Printing and Digital printing 5.1 Screen printing 5.1.1 Principle of Screen Printing 5.1.2 Platemaking 5.1.3 Troubleshooting of Platemaking 5.1.4 Screen press 5.1.5 Screen printing process and troubleshooting 5.2 Digital Printing 5.2.1 The main form of digital printing 5.2.2 Composition of digital printing systems 5.2.3 Digital Printing Machine 5.2.4 Digital Printing Materials 6 Surface Printing 6.1 Overview of the surface finishing 6.2 Varnishing 6.2.1 Types of varnishing 6.2.2 Effects of varnishing 6.2.3 Components of varnish 6.2.4 Application methods of varnish 6.3 Hot stamping and cold foiling 6.3.1 Foil stamping materials 6.3.2 Main foil stamping process 6.3.3 Foiling equipment 6.4 Embossing and debossing
6.4.1 Embossing and debossing function 6.4.2 Embossing and debossing dies making 6.4.3 Embossing and debossing equipment 6.5 Troubleshooting Reference
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