Yesterday 28th September, 2010 five of our course mates including me visited a press at Adum, Kumasi, Ghana. We were very excited to see how how the machine work. As part of the programme, we are always thought the theoretical part. It was an opportunity for me to see the process a publication goes through before reaching the hands of consumers. Guess what, do you me to tell, i know you are eager to learn this whole process, but i will summarize it for you.
The person who wants his work to be printed will be into contact wint an estimator who estimates the cost of the entire work including the quantity to be produced. If he/she agrees then the process begins. If the product is a full colour work, the designer has to designed it and do the colour separation. Later a film is developed for each colour.( cyan, yellow, magenta and black). The films are sent to a platemaking section where the image on every film is transfered onto a plate where it will be used for printing. several processes go in during the plate making and film making, this is just to be brief.
After the plate is prepared it is sent to the machine for the image on it to be transferred onto a paper. From printing of several papers, they are sent to the finishing section where folding,cutting, gluing, stapling, lamination are done. After all actions are done on the printed paper. It arranged very well ready to be delivered to the client.
I hope you now have a gist of it, we will talk more about it later. Stay blessed and be protected under the blood of the Almighty.
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