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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 -