Designed to supplement press operating manuals and formal apprenticeship programs, the fifth edition of Web Offset Press Operating provides guidance which will improve productivity and print quality. It combines theoretical and practical how-to information in a single, easy to read volume. The text's eleven sections parallel the eleven tasks in the Web Offset Training Curriculum. A notable expansion from the fourth edition is the chapter on press maintenance, which has grown from eight to 52 pages — much of this new material has been adapted from Maintaining Printing Equipment by Herschel L. Apfelberg.

From the Foreword: “...[T]he rapid proliferation of web press automation has made the need for skilled press operators ever more critical. To address this need for training, GATF unveiled its comprehensive Web Offset Training Curriculum in the late 1980s...Along with Solving Web Offset Press Problems, this book is one of the two keystone publications supporting the training curriculum...”

Target Audience: Web press operators of all experience levels, as well as students of printing.

Table of Contents:

Orientation to the Web Offset Press

Safety

The Infeed System

The Blanket and Plate Cylinders

The Inking System

The Dampening System

Dryer and Chill Rolls

The Delivery System

Makeready

Press Production

Preventive Maintenance

Glossary

Index