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NEWSPAPER PRINTING PRESS |
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Newspaper presses are very similar to normal offset presses except the printing units are arranged vertically instead of horizontally. This is done to conserve fl oor space due to the vast amount of pages to print. Keep in mind that when a newspaper is printed, the whole paper is printed in one pass.
The roll stands are usually in the basement and normally hold 2 or 3 rolls to a stand. Splicers are the fl ying type. Large, high speed news webs run several webs at the same time in order to print one newspaper. Most news presses, today, are not heatset but use vegetable oil (soy, etc.) inks and dry by absorption. In fact, newspaper printers use the majority of soy based ink. This is not done solely for ecological reasons, but for decreased ruboff, runnability, etc. Newspaper presses use a combination of 4-color and single color printing units. The cover pages of each section are normally printed in color (front and back page) with the inside pages printed in black. The typical newspaper press contains many combination folders to fold the various sections. Following printing and the collection of various sections, the newspaper is fed to a mail room for further processing such as insertion of separate sections (advertising, etc.), mailing and fi nal distribution. |
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NEWSPAPER PRINTING |
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In newspaper printing, the texts should be clear enough for the users to read. Newspaper printing is the process of putting information on a piece of paper or a group of papers. Newspapers are publications which contain editorials, current news, feature articles and also some advertisements. Newspapers usually have daily or weekly issues.
In printing a newspaper, a printing company must be able to print fast but readable newspapers. This is because newspaper companies have daily deadlines for articles or editorials and etc. In newspaper printing, color is also one of the concerns, especially in the advertising category. In advertising, newspapers with good quality colors have a good impact on customers, thus they are the ones, which are usually purchased. It is also important that a newspaper is printed digitally.
Digitally printed newspapers are more understandable and clearer. Newspapers that underwent on such process tend to be more appealing to a customer's eye. Plus, editing is easier and faster because the entire information is on a computer. There are printers that are specially designed to print newspapers. These printers were designed to be fast and accurate that it requires minimal supervision from humans.
Newspaper printing as of today is not as hard and tough like before due to the introduction of computers and printers. Because of the introduction of such machines, newspaper printing has been easier and faster to handle. Today, newspaper gets to people on time, thus information is also distributed on a real-time basis. Now people are kept updated in much faster way. |
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