I. Read the following sentences and discuss whether they are true or false. If they are false, correct them

1. Small offset press is suitable to print 100.000 copies of a magazine.

2. The size of the page should correspond to the plate size.

3. In the letterpress process the image to be printed is raised above the background.

4. Lithography stands for an “intaglio” process.

5. Gravure is a process with a flat printing surface.

6. There are four basic methods of printing.

7. With web-fed printing, the paper is supplied to the machine in the form of sheets.

8. Most presses incorporate folding, gluing, stitching and perforating after printing.

9. The printing presses have auxiliary devices for finishing processes.

10. Web-fed printing is slower than sheet-fed.

II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:

1. letterpress a) пневматичні присмоктувачі

2. gravure b) офсетний друк

3. image с) малий наклад

4. short run d) фальцювання

5. impression e) рулон

6. roller f) заглибини

7. offset lithography g) незадрукована площа

8. wells h) глибокий друк

9. ink i) приправка

10. finishing process j) фарба

11. reel k) рулонна машина

12. non-image area l) валик

13. folding m) високий друк

14. vacuum suckers n) відбиток

15. web-fed press o) зображення

III. Fill the gaps using the derivatives of the following words: treat, define, raise, cut, tailor, print, deposit, reject

1.The size of the job should be … to the machine.

2.Two pages could be … at once.

3.The printing process can be … according to the physical characteristics of the printing surface.

4.In the letterpress process the image is … above the background.

5.The ink is … by non-image area.

6.In the intaglio process the image is… into the plate.

7.Ink is … on the paper only from the recessed wells.

IV. Which printing process does each definition refer to?