Requirements August 1982 until September 1987

1. Tell about the four printing processes for producing printed communication, offset lithography, relief, gravure, and screen printing. Show samples of each or make sketches that show the surface of the plate or ink carrier which transfers the ink to paper for each process.

2. Design a printed piece. Make an accurate layout. Specify the type to be used.

3. With your counselor, choose ONE of these printing methods which you will use to do one of the following:

(a) If you choose the offset lithography method:

• Using your layout made for No. 2, prepare a suitable negative.
• Properly strip for exposure to sensitized plate. Expose and develop plate.
• Using an offset press, print fifty (50) copies.

(b) If you choose the letterpress method:

• Set a paragraph of type by hand.
• Carve a simple linoleum block illustration, design, or pattern to accompany the type.
• Print fifty (50) copies on a press.

(c) If you choose the screen printing method:

• Make a photographic or handcut stencil.
• Apply it to the screen cloth.
• Print fifty (50) copies.

4. Do one of the following:

(a) Visit a newspaper printing plant. Follow a story from the editor's desk through composition and printing. Tell about your visit, describing the process and equipment used.

(b) Visit a job shop or a printing plant (other than a school shop). Follow a job through production. Tell about each step in producing the printed product.

5. Present a halftone and a line illustration, and explain the difference between them.

6. Pick a famous person from printing/communication history or a current leader in the field. Tell about that person's contribution to printing graphic communication.

7. Visit with one or more professional printers to learn about careers in printing/communication. Identify three career opportunities in the profession and tell how you prepare for each of them.