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The first revision for six years. Thompson's best-selling 550 page reference title has been updated and expanded to cover new digital printing and imaging systems.
This books is a comprehensive guide to the behavioural characteristics, properties and range of consumables and susbstrates used in print.
Printing Materials also covers plastics, paper and inks and adhesives.
Contents include:
- Atoms and molecules
- Applications of quantum effects in printing
- Chemical bonding
- Organic chemistry and printing
- Polymers and their applications in printing
- Basic optics for printing
- Paper manufacture
- Recycled paper
- Paper properties and printing problems
- Influences of moisture and relative humidity on paper and board
- Adhesion and adhesives
- Printing inks - the basics
- Rheology and ink transfer requirements
- Organic pigment technology
- Chemistry and physics of colour
- Measurement and control of the colour of inks and ink films
- Radiation curing and water-based ink systems
- Digital imaging techniques and materials
- Photopolymer plates
- New plate technologies - materials for digital platemaking systems
- Photographic systems
Who is this book aimed at?
Anyone who uses, buys or works with printed matter.
Don't miss: Brand new section on digital imaging.