WHAT IS DESIGN FOR PRINT?//INSIDE A PRINTERS//OUGD504

INSIDE A PRINTERS: These are some photographs from Centreprint, to show what its like at a commercial printers.

This is where the printing plates get made

 The Heidelberg Quickmaster 2 colour is the machine that handled the black on the cover

The inner pages are printed on this 5 colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL75

All this kit to get the colour spot on

Ink constantly being poured into the press

You can see the 4 process inks going in

The Heidelberg Speedmaster XL75 has an appropriate name – it can print 12,000 sheets an hour

 A stack of handbook inner pages ready to be stitched to the cover and trimmed

 Handbook covers ready for folding