Print and Digital Media

Knowledge and understanding of:

  • Various printing technologies, including laser, ink-jet, wide-format, screen printing, offset lithography and solid ink systems

  • Quality and standards in print and digital media including: an understanding of RGB colour space, CMYK colour space, and Pantone®

  • Edge to edge, bleed, gutter, registration marks, colour calibration, dots per inch (dpi), pixels per inch (ppi)

  • Photo-reduction, duplexing, camera-ready copy, paper weight, paper opacity, use of calendaring for glossy print

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Printing Technologies

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Quality and Standards

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Colour Space

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Image type

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Layers

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Commercial Printing

This document contains info for pre-press, crop and registration marks and colour bars

Sample Exam Question:

Desktop publishing and print technologies

2019: questions 3 (e) and 3 (g)(i)