Target Print

Trip to target print, really enjoyed it and can completely understand why printers 'dislike' many graphic designers. I feel far more confident about contacting them and about costs etc within lithography printing.

Lithography Printing
Uses CMYK, but it is a 6 colour machine that allows for 2 more spot colours
- The image is transferred onto the plates (need to research into this process)
- The CMYK plates are clamped onto the different sections of the machines.
- The paper feeds through each roller where the ink is pressed from the plate to the rubber roller and from there onto the paper - this is because if it was going straight from the plates they would wear down and become useless after 10,000 or so prints.
- The ink is applied by hand on rollers on the top - this process is much cheaper than digital because the inks are much cheaper than the toners bought for digital printers.
- The prints are checked regularly to make sure the registration marks are aligned properly.
- If they are out the are moved using the machinery on the last image
- During the process starch is sprayed onto the paper to stop them from sticking together at the end.