Conventional Label Printing Processes, Chapter 1&2

Conventional label printing processes: Chapter 1&2

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* 1. Address

Name

Company

Email Address

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* 2. Have you read the accompanying text?

Yes - I am fully prepared.

No - No I am going to wing it.

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* 3. During the period of 2006-2012, which label press technologies were most commonly installed in Europe?

Offset

Digital

Rotary Letterpress

UV flexo

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* 4. Which of the following reasons is not a factor which boosted the growth of digital print?

Potential for personalisation

Low initial purchasing costs

Lower changeover times

Reduction in set up and running waste

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* 5. In semi-rotary printing:

The diameter of the print cylinder required differs depending on the size of the label

The printing head moves across the stationary web

The printing head moves down the stationary web

None of the above

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* 6. Which of the following is not a type of press configuration?

Stack press

Rotary intermittent feed press

Spread press

Central impression (CI) press

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* 7. Which of the following printing processes can be used as part of combination printing?

Digital

Flexo

Rotary screen

All of the above

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* 8. A web edge guidance unit:

Uses sensors to provide data allowing the web to be kept straight as it passes through the machine

Uses sensors to establish when splicing needs to occur in order to attach one web to another

Is the physical barrier designed to keep the web straight as it passes through a machine

None of the above

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* 9. Web tension is the amount of pull applied to the web as it passes through the press. If this is not properly controlled it can result in:

Bad register

Improved print quality

More varnish being required

None of the above

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* 10. Which of the following is not a type of drying system used in order to dry/cure ink?

Hot air (usually created using infra-red but with the addition of blown and extracted air)

Infra-red

Air pressure

Ultra violet (UV)

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* 11. During the rewinding process, if the reels are rewound too tight or too slack, which of the following issues can occur?

Adhesive bleed

Substrate creasing

The reel collapsing while the press is running

All of the above

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* 12. The purpose of turner bars are:

To allow operators adjust the height of the press

A safety precaution to protect against fingers getting caught in the slitting unit

To change the direction of a moving web to allow printing on both sides of the substrate

To keep the substrate moving at a steady rate