GRC 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Flexography, Corrugated Fiberboard, Graphic Communication

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Invented mold for making variable-width letters for western languages. Made literacy affordable; able to mass-produce books. Helped make letters with different width, constant height. Type used in museum: foundry type made of lead. Flexographic printing on corrugated material: greatest dollar value of printing in the. Most flexographic printing: done with spot colors. Specifies, buys, and directs packaging for the retail products they produce. Company that transforms raw materials into materials used for printing. Entity that fulfils product; actually puts product in package. Purpose: show if print is in register when marks line up with each other. Purpose: prevents rollers from bouncing during printing process. Register marks (+) on bars: second way to check register. Purpose: show percentages of reflected dot area. Density = how much ink is on the paper. Purpose: if there is misregister, image will still look fine without white spaces. Makes it possible to print drawings and photographs.