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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Apply knowledge of printing industry
- Apply knowledge of government Acts and regulations
- Apply knowledge of pre-press processes
- Principles behind pre-press functions such as image production (typesetting, scanning, graphic arts camera), image combining (manual and electronic), image output (film, plates, direct to press) and digital workflow are identified and used in production process where applicable
- Different types of images (line, half-tone) and their uses are investigated
- Qualities of main material types of paper, ink, adhesive, wax and plastic films and extrusion are investigated and used to inform product development choices
- Different output settings (screen rulings, angles, shapes) and how they affect final product are identified
- Different types of output required for different printing processes are identified
- Different output devices (film setters, plate setters, analogue proofs, digital proofs) are identified
- Apply knowledge of printing processes
- Apply knowledge of converting and finishing processes
- Apply detailed knowledge of paper and printing processes
- Relationship of different paper sizes is used to inform production processes
- Different weights, callipers, bulk, density and opacity of paper and how they affect pre-press, printing and finishing operations and end uses are investigated and used to inform production processes
- Paper grain and how it affects pre-press, printing and finishing operations is used to inform production processes
- Moisture content, porosity and ink absorbency and how they affect pre-press, printing and finishing operations are investigated and used to inform production processes
- Gloss, smoothness and surface strength and how they affect pre-press, printing and finishing operations are investigated and used to inform production processes
- Permanence, durability and acidity and alkalinity of paper and how they affect pre-press, printing and finishing operations and end uses are investigated and used to inform production processes
- Bursting strength, folding endurance, tensile strength and tearing resistance and how they affect printing and finishing operations and end uses are investigated and used to inform production processes
- Paper behaviour and how it affects different production processes is investigated and used to inform production decisions
- Effect of combining paper with adhesive, wax and plastic films on production processes is investigated and used to inform production decisions
- Apply detailed knowledge of paper grades and colours
- Apply detailed knowledge of paper handling and storage procedures
- Apply basic knowledge of costs of production
- Apply knowledge of production management requirements and systems