2009 Flexography Basics for Corrugated
Product code: 09FLEXO
Date: 9/23/2009 to 9/25/2009
Venue: PrintCon Corrugated Labs, Clemson University
Location: Clemson, SC USA
Contact: Member Connection Team
Course Information: Mary Beth Cornell, +1 770-209-7210
The course dates of September 23-25, 2009 have been cancelled the new dates are March 3 –5 2010 please contact Mary Beth Cornell, +1.770.209.7210 or mcornell@tappi.org with questions.
Part of the TAPPI/Clemson University Print Seminar Series
This seminar provides an in-depth overview of the major elements required to produce quality direct print on corrugated with a focus on the challenges associated with flexographic printing on corrugated substrates and linerboard.
Delivered with a solid mix of lectures and hands-on breakouts, this course includes several press trials and numerous sessions on how to produce clean solids and line work as well as halftones and spot colors. Many typical troubleshooting issues will be addressed from dot gain and die cutting to proper graphic design for corrugated to ensure best results.
What will you learn?
You'll gain a fundamental understanding of the key concepts needed to achieve quality direct flexographic printing on corrugated substrates and liner board. You'll learn how to implement improvements inplant and provide the tools for non-technical staff to understand corrugated printing and better communicate with technical professionals including printing plant staff, suppliers and customers. The course covers a wide variety of production topics applicable to most plants striving for good clean print and basic fundamentals to improve overall quality.
Why attend?
Designed to deliver the fundamentals of quality flexographic printing directly on corrugated substrates, this course will provide each attendee with a thorough understanding of controlling the combinations of press and pre-press possibilities to best suit their needs, and how to use the tools and methods that any plant can implement to analyze and improve their print quality.
Who Should Attend?
Corrugated, pulp, paper, press and production staff, quality assurance and training staff, pre-press and graphic designers, plant management staff, sales and customer service representatives, suppliers and manufacturers. While the course content is directed to production and pre-press management and staff as well as plant management, it is also ideal for those wanting a fundamental understanding of quality printing on corrugated in areas such as quality control, customer service, supply and sales.
What does each day include?
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009: 8:00am - 4:30pm
- Translating Market Demands into Production Technology - Enhanced graphics in today's market
- Your Press, Your Markets - Discovering your hidden printing potential
- Corrugated Group Photo - Photo will be processed and plated for symposium press run
- Visual Glossary - Enhanced Graphics Terminology
- Introduction to Corrugated Printing Elements - Substrates for Enhanced Graphics
- Inks for Enhanced Graphics & Rotory Die Cutting - Press run: MARTIN 3 Color RDC Pressroom
- Ink Metering Systems & Banded Anilox Demo - Press run: BOBST Pressroom
- Printing Plate Systems for Corrugated
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009: 8:00am - 4:30pm
- Your Graphics-Communicating With Dots
- Process Color Printing
- Printer's Targets - Elements of a press fingerprint
- Press run Session 1: Pressmanship 101 - Set-up for Quality Print
- Press run Session 2: Ink Management, Images & Color
- Matching on Press
- Session 3: Ink Volume Selection - Using Densitometry to Determine Anilox and Volume & Plate Screen Ruling
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009: 6:15
Dinner & Social
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009: 8:00am - Noon
- Meeting Customer Expectations - Communicating the results
- Graphics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Planning for your printing system when
- designing graphics.
- Troubleshooting on Press - Recognizing print problems and finding solutions
- Clemson Experience: Research & Internship
- Opportunities in Corrugated
- Final Review, Discussions, Certificates and Adjournment
Why should your boss send you?
Because you'll return to work with...
- An understanding of the flexographic press components and their role in printing.
- The knowledge to explain the market forces driving improvements in corrugated printing quality.
- Knowledge of the basic steps to ensure the press is set properly before and during printing.
- The ability to explain the standard graphic communication terminology for direct print for corrugated.
- The ability to identify the differences between a well designed/printed corrugated product and those that are not.
- The ability to identify the key corrugated troubleshooting issues and explain the required corrective actions.
View the Preliminary Seminar Schedule.
CEUs
The Education Project Center of TAPPI has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1620 I Street NW, Suite 615, Washington, DC 20006. TAPPI will award 2 CEUs to participants who attend at least 80% of the educational sessions and complete a final program evaluation.
Fees/Registration
US $1095 for TAPPI members, US $1645 for Non-members. Or for those interested in bringing several registrations there is a US $995 TAPPI member multi registrant price for 3 or more from the same company, the Non-member mutli registrant price is US $1570 for 3 or more from the same company. Online registration cut-off is September 18, 2009.
Registration information:
email: memberconnections@tappi.org
Phone: +1.240.646.7042; 1.800.332.8686 (US); 1.800.446.9431 (Canada); +1.770.446.1400 (Worldwide)
Fax: +1.770.209.7206
Address: TAPPI
PO Box 933644
Atlanta, GA 31193-3644
USA
Seminar Faculty:
Clemson faculty Kern Cox, Rory Marsoun and Dr. J. Page Crouch have conducted many special workshops and training seminars for the industry over the years and remain very active with printing and converting education. Dr. Crouch is Alumni Professor Emeritus of Graphic Communications at Clemson University , where he was instrumental in developing one of the leading programs preparing people for the printing and packaging industries. Page taught flexography, offset, screen, and gravure printing. With his leadership, Clemson has developed a flexo capability second-to-none in an American educational setting. He has guided many students through the development of structural and graphic designs for carton and corrugated projects. He has been active in AICC, GAA, TAPPI, FTA, SGIA, EMA, GATF, PICA and other regional PIA affiliates.
Rory Marsoun and Kern Cox are instructors at Clemson University's Printing and Converting Research Center (PrintCon). PrintCon is the industry training, testing and research center for the Department at Graphic Communications at Clemson University. They conduct training courses in all aspects of corrugated post print from brown box printing, to high-end, four color process printing to electronic prepress for corrugated. They also teach best practices for web flexography on all substrates and color management for all printing processes. Additionally, they coordinate product testing for various segments of the industry, conduct custom in-plant training, and student research projects at the PrintCon center.
Course Location
The course will be held at:
Clemson University’s
Printing & Converting Research Center
500 B Lebanon Rd,
Pendleton, SC 29670
Phone: +1.864.656.4809
Website: www.clemson.edu/printcon
Hotel Accommodations
Whether staying in Clemson or at Interstate I-85, all hotels are within a six-mile drive of PrintCon.
Mention “Graphics Discount or Graphics Rate” at any of these hotels to get a reduced room rate.
Recommended hotels include:
- Hilton Garden Inn, Anderson, SC
(I-85 @ Exit 19): +1.864.646.7500
- Hampton Inn: +1.864.653.7744
- Sleep Inn: +1.864.653.6000
(offer a 15% “Graphics Discount”)
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
107 Interstate Blvd., Anderson, SC 29621
(I-85 @ Exit 19B/Hwy 76)
Transportation:
By Air: Greenville-Spartanburg Airport is the nearest international airport, located off of I-85, 48 miles from the Clemson campus.
Other regional airports include Charlotte, N.C.’s Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Atlanta, Ga.'s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
By Train: There is an Amtrak station located at Calhoun Memorial Highway and College Avenue in Clemson, station code CSN. The Crescent Route travels through Clemson, with stops connecting New Orleans and New York City.
Cancellation Policy:
If you find that you have to cancel, your full registration fee will be refunded if TAPPI’s Registration Department receives written notification (fax acceptable at +1.770.446.6947 by September 18, 2009. Please note: There will be a 50% refund for all written cancellations made after September 18, 2009 and September 23, 2009. Understandably, after this time, no refunds can be issued. Substitutions, however, will be accepted any time without a penalty.
Refund:
100% - Cancellation received by September 18, 2009.
50% - Cancellations received after September 18, 2009 and no later than September 23, 2009.
NO REFUND- Cancellations received after September 23, 2009.
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