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Design · Year 2 · 3 credit hours · 16 sessions

Printing Procedures

This course introduces professional printing processes used in graphic design and publishing. Students learn black-and-white and color printing, spot and process colors, file preparation, paper selection, pre-press and post-press workflows, and print production standards. Emphasis is placed on preparing accurate, print-ready artwork for newspapers, magazines, and dimensional outputs.

§ 01 By the end you can
  1. Explain fundamental printing processes and terminology.
  2. Prepare artwork correctly for black-and-white and color printing.
  3. Apply spot and process color systems and printing marks accurately.
  4. Select appropriate paper, fonts, and graphics formats for print jobs.
  5. Manage pre-printing and post-printing procedures professionally.
§ 02 Sixteen sessions

The whole semester.

  1. 01Introduction to Printing and Print Production
  2. 02Fundamentals of Black and White Printing
  3. 03Fundamentals of Color Printing
  4. 04Spot Color and Process Color Systems
  5. 05Printing Marks and Print Control Elements
  6. 06Newspaper and Magazine Preparation
  7. 07Font Selection and Typography for Print
  8. 08 · MidtermVector and Raster Graphics Preparation
  9. 09Paper Selection and Print Calculations
  10. 10Dummy Making and Mock-Ups
  11. 11Artwork Preparation for Print
  12. 12Artwork Preparation for 3D and Special Printing
  13. 13Pre-Printing Workflows and Checks
  14. 14Field Study: Printing Press Operations
  15. 15Post-Printing Work and Finishing
  16. 16Print Production Project Development

Midterm around session 8. Final project briefed at session 8 or 9 and developed in stages until the juries.

§ 03 Final project

Students will complete a practical print production project demonstrating correct artwork preparation, material selection, and printing workflow.

Deliverables

  1. A 14 +2 page, designed, printed magazine or book on topic of your choice. [14 inside pages, 1 front cover 1 back cover, and 1 spine; sovers and spine should be designed and printed as a spread].
  2. Print-ready digital files.
  3. A short report explaining printing choices, workflow, paper selection, and final output.

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