Overview of Graphic Communications

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Why is Communication Important?

The History of Communication

Producing Visual Images

Printing Processes

Binding & Finishing

Segments of the Industry

Vocabulary

Vocabulary and Important Terms to Know

The following are terms about which you should be familiar. If you do not know the term, look it up, Google it, and listen closely during discussions and presentations.

artwork finishing page composition
binding flexography periodical printing
book printing forms printing photoconversion
commercial printing graphic communications printing
computer-to-plate CTP image assembly printing press
continuous tone copy image carrier process camera
copy impactless printing process colors
editing line art quick printing
electrostatic printing newspaper printing substrate
financial printing package printing  

 

Printing Terms

 

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