COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GRAPHIC PRINTING TECHNIQUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRF 2011 GRAPHIC PRINTING TECHNIQUES COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Graphics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ÖMER DURMAZ

Offered to

Visual Communication Design
Graphic Design

Course Objective

Industrial processes to produce printed work in the technical sense, pre-press, printing techniques and examined under three main headings, including post-printing processes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To manage the process and prepare a design pre-press printing
2   To manage the printing process.
3   To manage the post-printing process.
4   To calculate the cost of the printed work.
5   To develop his ability to apply the suitable tools to improve design.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Why look at the history of printing technologies and printing processes are needed
2 Basic types of industrial printing.
3 Letterpress and silkscreen.
4 Gravure, Flexo and offset printing, web-offset printing.
5 Digital printing and finishing extras.
6 Printing terminology: Tram, Pantone, assembly and so on. How to print a chart prepared by the product
7 Midterm Exam
8 A printer tour.
9 A color separation studio tour.
10 A photographer studio tour.
11 A paper manufacturing factory tour
12 Preparation for printing graphics production software.
13 Wastage of paper account and the installation.
14 Final exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

Fishel, C. Mastering Materials, Bindings, & Fnishes. Massachusets, 2007: Rockport.
Cohen, S. From Design Into Print: Preparing Graphics and Text for Professional Printing, 2010: Peachpit Press.
Anderson, R. Exploring Digital PrePress, 2011: Delmar Learning.
Lawler, B. P. Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide, Second Edition: The Essential Resource for Design, Production, and Prepress, 2005: Adobe Press.
Lawler, B. P. Adobe Resmi Masaüstü Yayıncılık ve Basım Kılavuzu, 2006: Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım.
Mazlum, F. S. Masaüstü Yayıncılık (Tasarım ve Basım Teknolojisine Giriş), 2006, Gazi Kitabevi.
Yanık, H. Masaüsta Yayıncılık, 2008. Yorum Sanat.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Seminar, Discussion, Question & Answer, Observation, Field Trip, Demonstration, Practice, Practice practices through
course is based on the work conducted in the laboratory. Seminars for the publication of the product introduced a graphic design techniques,
samples are examined, one with a technical visit to the steps shown in the application.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 0,5 7
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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