GRC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Graphic Arts, Adobe Pagemaker, List Of Recurring Futurama Characters
8 Oct 2016
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Value of printing: defined by the amount of money made by printers. Companies make only 10% of their gross total sales. Data comes from north american printing sales and tax returns. Dept. of commerce: supervise numbers from internal revenue service. Instead of using metal plates, plates are made from flexible plastic or rubber. Plates go on cylinders when printing on objects. Most expensive flexographic printing: printed corrugated boxes/cartons. Required by federal law for boxes to be printed with birth strength. Employs thousands of people in the industry nationwide. Produces an immense number of products for many consumers. Invention of moveable type for western society. Developed method for printing using stone (planographic printing) Invented linotype machine / founded linotype company (world"s leading manufacturer of book and newspaper typesetting equipment) Jobs: created first computer with white screen with black images; variable size type & character widths.
