Now in its fifth edition, this bestseller provides readers with a firmer grasp of how digital printing technologies are revolutionizing the industry. Traditional analog printing methods are reviewed, establishing the foundation for understanding the state-of-the-art technological infrastructure for digital publishing that supports today's new, digital workflow. Coverage leads readers through the complexities of digital data, digital prepress operations, printing techniques, and finishing options.

This edition of Printing Technology also features information on computer estimating and job tracking, plus use of the Internet as a portal for connecting printing facilities with customers and suppliers. Chapters on color, printing presses and processes, paper and ink, and finishing operations remain strong.

From the Preface: “...In the past five years [since the fourth edition] the printing industry has continued to face a fundamental restructuring of how it produces its products and conducts its business. Entire job classifications such as pasteup and stripping have either disappeared or are being rapidly phased out...In this fifth edition the challenge has been to introduce technologies that are truly taking hold and proving effective and avoid those that appear with fanfare but fade away quickly...”

Target Audience: A broad range of personnel in the printing industry, as well as students in this field.

Table of Contents:

The Printing Industry

The Tradition of Foundry Type

Basic Design and Traditional Preparation

Traditional Line and Halftone Photography

Color

Traditional Image Assembly and Platemaking

Working with Digital Data

Digital Prepress: Creation and Input

Digital Prepress: Assembly

Digital Prepress: Output

Printing Presses: An Overview

Offset Press

Screen Printing

Gravure Printing

Flexographic, Ink-Jet, and Digital Presses

Paper and Ink

Finishing Operations

The Business of Printing

Customer-Defined Quality Management

Apendices

Glossary

Bibliography

Index