Printing

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Across
  1. 8. A duplicate relief plate that is produced from a mold through an electrochemical process.
  2. 10. Solvents added to ink to change the viscosity of the ink. They do not affect drying time.
  3. 14. A splicer unit on a web-fed system that uses a set of festoon rollers to draw out slack from the web and feed the press while a splice is being made.
  4. 16. A measurement that indicates the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, as measured on the pH scale.
  5. 19. The result of tensioning fabric in one direction without stretching it equally in the other direction.
  6. 21. A printing system component that brings the paper to be printed into contact with the blanket cylinder.
  7. 23. The vertical distance between the surface of the cylinder bearers and the cylinder body. This allows for the thickness of the plate or blanket and packing.
  8. 24. A lithographic press that prints paper one sheet at a time as it is fed through the system.
  9. 26. A printing system component that holds the image-receptive blanket on the press and receives the image from the plate cylinder.
  10. 27. The number of threads (or strands) per linear inch in a fabric.
  11. 28. A control device that prevents more than one sheet of paper from entering the press.
  12. 29. A measuring scale used to determine the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. The pH scale is numbered from 0–14, with 7 designated as neutral. A pH value below 7 indicates an acidic solution; a value above 7 indicates an alkaline solution.
  13. 30. A printing system component that holds the plate on the press.
Down
  1. 1. A feeding system mechanism that places paper in register for printing on a press.
  2. 2. A rubber or plastic blade used to force ink through the open areas of a screen-printing stencil.
  3. 3. A resilient material that is attached to a cylinder and used as an image transfer material from the plate cylinder to the substrate.
  4. 4. A single thread.
  5. 5. A relief printing process that uses flexible printing plates for printing long run jobs.
  6. 6. Solvent used to dissolve ink from a screen.
  7. 7. A tension control device designed to produce a slight amount of drag on the web as it travels through a web-fed press.
  8. 9. The distance across individual open areas between adjacent threads.
  9. 11. The result of poor cutting or adhering techniques of stencils, which can cause imperfect images.
  10. 12. A continuous dampening system that uses a brush roller to transfer fountain solution from the fountain roller to the rest of the system.
  11. 13. A printing system component that holds the plate on the press.
  12. 15. A group of rollers designed to apply moisture to the nonimage area of the printing plate.
  13. 17. Adjusting images to optimize values for highlight and shadow, neutral tones, skin tones, and sharpness, to compensate for impurities in the printing ink and color separation.
  14. 18. A method of printing from cells or depressions that are engraved below the nonimage area of the printing cylinder.
  15. 20. A curved or triangular plane that serves as the folding surface on a web-fed press.
  16. 22. Percentage of area per square inch in a fabric through which ink can pass.
  17. 25. Threads that run horizontally, at a 90° angle to the warp threads.