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| offset lithography advantages |
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- good reproduction quality, especially photographs.
- inexpensive printing process.
- able to print on a wide range or papers.
- high printing speed
- widely available
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| offset lithography disadvantages |
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- colour variation due to water/ink mixture
- paper can stretch due to dampening
- set-up costs make it uneconomic on short runs
- can only be used on flat materials
- requres good quality surface
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- high speed
- fast drying inks
- can print on the same presses as letter press
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| flexography disadvantages |
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- difficult to reproduce detail
- colours may not be consistent
- set up costs are high
- rarely used on runs under 500,000
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| screen printing advantages |
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Definition
- stencils east to produce
- versatile- can print on almost any surface
- economical for short runs
- fully automatic methods capable of producing large volumes
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| screen printing disadvantages |
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- difficult to achieve fine detail
- long drying times
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- consistent colour reproduction
- high speed printing
- printing presses are the widest
- ink dries due to evaporation
- good results on low quality paper
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- high cost of engraved printing plates and cylinders
- only efficient for long print runs
- image printed as dots that are visible to the naked eye
- set-up costs re ery expensive
- only used for long print runs
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