Printing

Articles and reference materials on offset printing, platemaking and print finishing.

1. Auxiliary operations are not the ones that help but the ones that get in the way. Marsel Sharifullin
   The latest novelties and inventions in printing. Automation of the press: plate changing, roller and cylinder washing, paper loading and delivery, sheet perfecting, adjustment to stock format and thickness.
2. Will hypodynamia become an occupational disease of pressmen? Marsel Sharifullin
   An overview of print quality control systems. Ink-water balance, colour registration, sheet monitoring, closed-loop control systems and fully automated print shops.
3. Average printing parameters for different paper types. Dmitry Shirenov
   How to measure dot gain and choose printing parameters on an offset press.
4. Folding equipment. Marsel Sharifullin
   All about folding: technology, machine design, working techniques and so on. The requirements a folder must meet. Modern equipment, the problems facing designers. Accessories: perforators, creasers, gluing units.
5. Several ways to determine paper grain direction. Dmitry Shirenov
6. The recent history of quick printing in Russia through the eyes of witnesses. Marsel Sharifullin, Dmitry Shirenov
   Quick printing in Russia, 1993–1999.
7. The history of small offset as an interplay of economics and technology. Marsel Sharifullin
   Small offset: the advantages of small-format presses. The current state of small-format equipment, the main models, the features of the various classes of small-format presses.
8. The peculiarities of small offset. Marsel Sharifullin
   Small offset: the advantages of small-format presses. The current state of small-format equipment, the main models, the features of the various classes of small-format presses.
9. Will the waterless oasis bloom? Marsel Sharifullin
   Waterless offset (printing without dampening solution) — pros and cons.