Natural fibre products
- Printing and writing papers
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- Production of paper and board
- Stock and water systems
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- Converting of paper and board
- Papermaking chemistry
- Paper physics
- Printing
Conventional printing methods Conventional printing methods, also called mechanical printing, are methods in which an imprint of ink on paper or board is conducted through transfer of ink from a master made for each page. Therefore, the time taken to make the master (plate or cylinder) is on the order of minutes rather than seconds
Authors & references
Author:
Professor Jouni Paltakari, Aalto University
References:
- Hakola, E. Principles of conventional printing, (Chapter 2). In: Oittinen, P. & Saarelma, H. (eds.), Print Media – Principles, Processes and Quality, (Book 13), Papermaking Science and Technology. 2nd ed. Finnish Paper Engineers´ Association /Paperi ja Puu Oy. Jyväskylä, 2009, p. 42.
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