Handbook of print media: technologies and production methods

1. Fundamentals

1.1. Communication Technologies

1.2. Production of Print Media

1.3. Printing Technologies

1.4. Print Quality

1.5. Print Media Materials

1.6. Printing Presses and Printing Systems

1.7. Drying Methods

1.8. Products of Print Finishing

1.9. Aspects of Management and Business Models

2. Printing Technologies with Permanent Printing Master

2.1. Offset Printing

2.2. Gravure Printing

2.3. Letterpress Printing

2.4. Screen Printing

2.5. Special Printing Technologies and Product Specific Applications

3. Prepress

3.1. Conventional Prepress

3.2. Digital Prepress

4. Computer to ... Technologies

4.1. Survey of the Technologies

4.2. Computer to Film

4.3. Computer to Plate/to Cylinder/to Screen

4.4. Computer to Press/Direct Imaging

4.5. Computer to Print

5. Printing Technologies without a Printing Plate (NIP Technologies)

5.1. Principles and Basic Components

5.2. Electrophotography

5.3. Ionography

5.4. Magnetography

5.5. Ink Jet

5.6. Thermography

5.7. Electrography

5.8. Photography

5.9. "X"-Graphy

6. Hybrid Printing Systems

6.1. Overview of Printing Methods and Technologies

6.2. Combination Variants of Hybrid Printing Systems

6.3. System Concepts and Examples of Implementations

6.4. Hybrid Techniques for In-line and Off-line Print Production

7. Print Finishing Processes

7.1. Classification of Print Finishing Processes

7.2. Process Steps and Procedures for Print Finishing

7.3. Process Structuring in Print Finishing

8. Material and Data Flow in Print Media Production

8.1. Material Logistics

8.2. Networking and Data Flow

9. Production Strategies for Print Media

9.1. Production Concepts

9.2. Production Systems

10. Comparison of Printing and Production Technologies for Print Media

10.1. Introduction

10.2. Overview of Methods and Technologies for the Production of Print Media

10.3. Production Methods and Strategies

10.4. Criteria for the Selection of Printing Technologies and Production Methods

10.5. Performance Criteria of Printing Systems and Trends in Print Media Production

11. Electronic Media and Multimedia

11.1. Media Concepts

11.2. Data Types, Data Structures and their Applications

11.3. Data Carriers

11.4. Networks

11.5. Data Compression

11.6. Output Devices for Electronic Media and Multimedia

11.7. Multimedia Applications

12. Print Media and Electronic Media

12.1. Examples of Print Media and Electronic Media

12.2. Production of Print Media and Electronic Media

12.3. "Electronic" Books, "Electronic" Ins, "Electronic" Paper

12.4. Market Shares and Trends

13. Special Topics

13.1. History, Education, Research

13.2. Environment, Safety, Standardization

13.3. Markets and Development Trends for Print Media. App. 14.2. Physical/Technical Quantities and Conversions

App. 14.5. Research Associations and Educational Institutions for the Graphic Arts Industry (Selection)

App. 14.6. Associations and Organizations in the Printing and Publishing Industry (Selection)

App. 14.7. International Conferences for the Graphic Arts Industry (Selection).