R&D in Graphic Communications and Packaging

Catalog description

This course involves testing various components of the manufacturing processes involved in creating print and digital/web media. Typical activities will involve testing colorants (e.g., inks, toners, etc.) and substrates used in lithography, flexography, screen-printing and digital printing systems. Optimum conditions for specific printing methods will be determined through controlled testing and examination. Students may also propose to examine specific interrelationships between production procedures used in various digital media processes. The course will also cover color separation and reproduction, which includes the study of process color theory, desktop color separations and color reproduction. 2 hrs. lec., 3 hrs. lab. Prereq: ITEC 355 or permission of instructor.