Printing Forms

To enable students to acquire basic and practical knowledge in the field of preparing printing forms.

Acquired knowledge is used as a base in further education, and in practical application.

Imaging and developing of offset printing forms in a printing house. Standardization in making offset printing forms. Influencing factors on the offset printing form during the printing process. Imaging equipment for printing plates. Develpoing mashines. Computer-to-Plate (CTP) technology and the main elements of the CTP system. Hybrid printing forms. Silver halide printing forms. Thermal plates technology. Making printing forms for gravure printing. Chemical method. Electro-engraving. Laser-made printing forms for gravure printing. Making printing forms for letterpress printing. Photo-polymer printing form, types and usage. Technical process for obtaining photo-polymer printing forms. Photo-polymers for making printing forms for flexography printing. Printing forms for non-conventional printing techniques. Printing forms for screen printing and pad printing. Making of printing forms for digital printing. Control strips for analogue and digital printing plates.

1. Hoffman-Walbeck T., Lehrbuch Digitale Druckformherstellung, Dpunkt Verlag, Heidelberg 2004

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2. Hinderliter H., Understanding Digital Imposition, GATF Press, Pittsburg 2002

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3. Čedomir Pešterac, Štamparske forme - knjiga u pripremi, FTN, Novi Sad, 2012

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Written and final exam.

Active participation of Lecturers and students in classes with the application of contemporary didactic means, group work in the laboratory and individual elaboration of the given seminar paper topic.