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PRINTING TECHNIQUES COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
GRA372	PRINTING TECHNIQUES	6	4	2	5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	Research	General History of Printing, Preliminary information about printing techniques, the invention of printing press in China (First printing press founded by John Gutenberg), printing house İbrahim Müteferrika in the Ottoman Empire. Potato Print, High print	Presentation/Lecture
2	Research	Wood cut printing linoleum printing, cliche printing high printing, bump printing letterpress printing, features of letterpress printing, materials used	Presentation/Lecture
3	Research	Letterpress Printing Machines, printing techniques, foil and embossed printing	Presentation/Lecture
4	Practice	Flexo printing technique, working principle, Flexo printing machines and their features. Doctor Blade stripping system	Presentation/Lecture
5	Practice	Sub-print materials used in flexo printing and their areas of use, Flexo printing inks, their properties, Flexo plate preparation methods. Flexo printing screens.	Lecture /Analysis
6	Practice	Sieve printing, Screen printing technique, development stage, silk types, inks	Practice / Lecture
7	Practice	Screen printing technique, development stage, silk types, about ink use	Practice
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	Practice	pad printing technique, Flat Printing working logics, working methods, schematic representation of offset printing machines,	Practice / Lecture
10	Practice	Schematic representation of web (rotation) offset printing machines, newspaper machines.	Practice / Lecture
11	Practice	Tin Offset Printing System, working method, raw materials and auxiliary materials used	Practice
12	Practice	cut printing Intaglio printing technique, working method, machine features, printing materials used in intaglio printing and their usage areas.	Presentation/Lecture
13	Practice	Inks used in intaglio printing and their properties, preparation of plates in intaglio printing, characteristics of screen in intaglio printing. Corrosion process and its importance.	Presentation/Lecture
14	Practice	Digital Printing Techniques	Practice
15	Practice	-	Practice
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-