Abstract
The problem is to devise a system of pre-setting the ink keys of a sheet-fed offset press in order to save make-ready time. A preliminary experiment is run to establish and identify the correlation between the information obtained from visually scanning the plates and the ink key dial settings. The test involves a control group and a test group making press runs to see if pre-setting the ink keys can save time. The results show that such an idea is possible. The preliminary experiment establishes a positive correlation between the two variables and test group press-run times are significantly less than control group's times. The study indicates that further research involving ink key settings and ink distribution would be useful.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Computerized typesetting; Offset printing
Publication Date
6-1-1976
Document Type
Thesis
Department, Program, or Center
School of Print Media (CIAS)
Advisor
Silver, Julius
Advisor/Committee Member
Frazier, Clifton
Advisor/Committee Member
Hacker, Robert
Recommended Citation
May, Bruce, "The pre-setting of the ink distribution keys of a small sheet-fed offset press" (1976). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/3922
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in December 2013.
Physical copy available from RIT's Wallace Library at Z253.3.M39