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A Study To Assess The Aesthetic And Economic Viability Of Producing Original Fine Art Prints And Autographic Artists Books On A Rotary Offset Press, And An Introduction To A New Medium For Creating And Producing Original Fine Art Prints And Autographic Artists Books, Daniel Richard Tucker
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This study investigates factors which the author believes could contribute to the determination of the aesthetic and economic viability of producing original fine art prints and artists books on a rotary offset press using direct imaged, uncoated lithographic plates. It also introduces a new medium for the creation and production of these works which was developed during this study. This investigation has been accomplished in the following ways: First, answers were sought to ten questions the author believed any artist considering the use of a rotary offset press as a means of producing these works would want to know. The …
A Quantitative Method Of Pre-Setting The Ink Distribution Keys Of An Offset Duplicator Using A Photoelectric Estimating Unit, Martin Marino
A Quantitative Method Of Pre-Setting The Ink Distribution Keys Of An Offset Duplicator Using A Photoelectric Estimating Unit, Martin Marino
Theses
The purpose of this study was to study the feasibility of quantitatively pre-setting the ink key distribution on an off-set press. Presently the pre-settings of the ink keys has been left to the pressmens' ability and experience. This, in many cases, involves much "trial and error" work along with lengthy makeready times. This study attempted to reduce makeready time by quantitatively pre-setting ink keys from data obtained from an estimating unit and use of a set of calibration curves. A photoelectric estimating unit was designed and constructed to read integrated densities of copy to be printed. There was one reading …