Analysis of trapping of color sequences of multicolor offset printing

Ragab, Abd El Rahman; Abd El Kader, Magdy Ezzat

doi:10.21608/idj.2012.299562

Analysis of trapping of color sequences of multicolor offset printing

Document Type : Original Article

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Printing, Publishing and Packaging Department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egypt

10.21608/idj.2012.299562

Abstract

Ink trapping is defined as the amount of the second ink transferred on top of the first ink during process color printing. It is estimated optically with the use of densities.
The problem of this paper was to compare quality of printed products of print attributes (Ink Trapping) of multicolor litho-offset printing, as a limited specific condition study, in Egypt market . It was found from the review of literature that color sequence of multicolor printing process had differences on the quality issue. The density-based is defined as the ratio of the ‘weton-wet’ ink trapping. Density-based ink trapping ratios are compared. The effect of ink sequence and

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