at the printing press - this is the preparation process that goes on before the actual printing. It includes adjusting grippers, feeders, side guide, adding ink... Also in Letterpress - the building of the press form so that the heavy and light areas print correctly.
The preparation of color and registration by the pressman. Also refers to a press sheet that is used during the makeready process.
All activities required to set up a press before production begins. Also refers to paper used in the process.
(1) In printing plants, the general preparatory operations prior to going to press, including the adjustment of cutting, creasing and scoring rolls, and preparation of the press. On an offset press, the adjusting of feeder, grippers, side guide, pressure between plate and offset blanket cylinder, putting plate on press and ink in fountain to be ready to run the press. (2) On a photocomposing machine, the preparatory work of positioning negative in holder, plate on back, and getting ready to start exposures in step-and-repeat operation of platemaking; the "set-up" work.
On printing presses, all operations prior to running; such as mounting plates, adjusting the in-feed, edge guide, putting ink in the fountain, adjusting the impression, setting up the die cutting, color matching, etc. All preparatory operations preceding production.
All the activities required to set up the press for a pressrun, including running test sheets of paper.
All activities reading a press for printing.
In production, the complete process involved in getting presses ready to run. Make ready includes activities such as roll mounting, plate mounting, inking, registering, and adjusting.
All the necessary preparations for starting a new job on a printing press. This may include setting up the paper infeed and delivery, mounting plates and blankets, adjustments in the initial run and other requirements before the first good copy is approved.
Embraces all the activities involved in getting ready all the components prior to running a job on the label press.
In letterpress printing, the building up of the cylinder packing to obtain the desired "kiss" impression.
All the activities required to prepare a press for printing.
All the work done to set up a printing press or die cutter such as putting ink in the fountains, adjusting the feeder and grippers, mounting the printing plates, packing the steel rule die etc.
Preparing the printing press for the production run.
All the activities involved in preparing a printing press for a print run, such as setting the registration, balancing the colour and adjusting the plates and blankets for paper thickness.
Preparation of a printing press before the run, setting it up for colour, size, and substance of paper, register and so on.
All activities required to set up a printing press before production run begins. Also refers to paper consumed by the process.
In printing, all work done to set up a press for printing.
In printing, all work done in setting up a press for printing, i .e., adjusting the feeder, grippers, side guide, puning ink in the fountain, etc.
The combination of activities that comprise the preparation of a printing press to print a job. One of the reasons that a conventional printing job can be so expensive to keep repeating is that the makeready process is very time consuming and, therefore expensive. Obviously the shorter the print run, the larger the percentage of the price is attributable to the makeready process. Something that designers and their clients often overlook.
Paper used during process of setting up press before production run begins.
() All activities required to prepare a press or other machine to function for a specific printing or bindery job, as compared to production run. Also called setup. () Paper used in the makeready process at any stage in production. Makeready paper is part of waste or spoilage.
The process of preparing the press for printing a particular job, such as putting ink in the fountains, adjusting the feeder and grippers, and so on.
In letterpress, the building up of the press form so that heavy and light areas print with the correct impression.
The process of setting up and adjusting a printing press for a particular ink, paper and set of printing conditions prior to a press run. Also, the paper used during these adjustments.