Cf. face and back printing.

Duly qualified personal relates to persons who have been authorised to perform relevant necessary activities based on their training, background or knowledge such as of relevant standards or accident [..]

On a press, the drive side is that side on which the drive (individual components interconnected through gears and/or shafts) is located.

Face and back printing relates to printing on either side of a printing substrate. In commercial rotary offset printing, the paper web is printed from bottom and top at the same time. Here, face print [..]

FOGRA Forschungsgesellschaft Druck e.V. is a registered association witht the object of promoting printing technology in the fields of research, development and application, and of making results avai [..]

Technical grade alcohol (undirinkable). For use as a wetting agent and admixture to the damping solution in offset printing. Isopropylic alcohol reduces the surface tension of the water. This, in turn [..]

In printing technology, oscillation descibes a lateral reciprocating or oscillating motion of the ink rollers in the inking unit of a printing press.

A unit, also referred to as attachment, is a machine designed to perform a certain technological function.

The term wastage relates to misprinted or defective sheets or prints not fully modulated. During the print job, wastage will occur from the setting-up of the printing press, or during production due t [..]