Digital Prepress and Industry Commonalities, Understanding + Design

In this lecture I cover the key differences as well as pros and cons for the primary methods of printing today. In addition, this lecture covers what commonalities there are across the different printing methods, and how those commonalities play out between both digital and traditional imaging.

00:00 Introduction
01:28 Common Printing Terms
05:14 Types Of Printing Overview
07:23 Letterpress Printing Overview
11:04 Flexographic Printing Overview
15:04 Gravure Printing Overview
18:28 Digital Printing Overview
20:21 Screen Printing Overview
26:27 Offset Lithographic Printing
29:45 Commonalities Between Project Specs
34:42 What Are Separations?
36:04 Difference Between Color Modes (CMYK/RGB)
42:38 Zoom In On Dot Pattern of CMYK Lithographic Print
44:38 How Pixels Work To Produce An Image
46:30 Digital and Traditional Imaging Commonalities
47:20 DPI Explanation, Resolution Demystified
52:35 DPI Adjustment Example
56:42 DPI Clues
59:18 Key Takeaways (Commonality)
Key Takeaways
• DIGITAL ISSUES: A lot of the issues with modern technology/screens are just different versions of older issues with printing/paper.
• 2 W's: Much of printing today is about knowing when/why to ask for something, less about who/when/where it was invented, made, or utilized.
• IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK: Determine where and how a design will be used to figure out much of the setup requirements.

Links and references for additional research:

Glossary of Printing and Substrate Terms:
https://mgxdigital.com/glossary-of-printing-and-substrate-terms/

Letterpress Printing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmg7yCEphrA

Flexography Printing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIz-xWOB-gY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTF_fgpWoTo

Gravure / Rotogravure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xd9uPPGBDM

Digital Printing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMxYzTNgg0Q

Screen Printing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDDE8VvViFo

Offset Lithographic Printing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LMU-zB8Sro

Additive Color Process:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_color

Subtractive Color Process:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtractive_color

What Is The Pantone Color System:
https://www.pantone.com/color-systems/pantone-color-systems-explained

Color Separations:
https://www.mmprint.com/full-color-printing-cmyk-separation/

Different Screen Resolutions:
https://david-smith.org/displays/

Images, Pixels, and RGB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15aqFQQVBWU

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