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1 ) Define the role of graphics in the free enterprise system.
Examples: print markets, types of print businesses, printing ranking, typical business flow, printing industry associations
• Recognizing types of companies that employ persons with graphic arts skills
Examples: commercial printers, direct mail printers, periodical printers
• Identifying the relationship of counterfeiting and copyright laws related to graphic arts
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| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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2 ) Identify major printing processes, including flexography, gravure, lithography, screen printing, and digital.
• Identifying advantages and disadvantages of major printing processes
• Listing typical products produced by major printing processes
• Explaining sequential steps in technical production flow from idea to finished graphic arts product
• Interpreting production information on a job docket or ticket
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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3 ) Explain safety rules for graphic arts, including press procedures, paper cutter procedures, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) approved methods to dispose of waste materials, and Material Safety Data Sheets.
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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4 ) Describe proper use of safety equipment, including fire safety equipment, first aid kit, eye wash station, protective safety procedures, dress code, and warning labels.
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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5 ) Describe necessary steps for addressing injury in the graphics arts laboratory.
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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6 ) Identify various software applications and file formats for graphic arts.
• Comparing portable document file (PDF) format to native files for proofs
• Describing various file formats and their extensions
Examples: document (doc), Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), bitmap (BMP), Tagged Information File Format (TIFF), hypertext markup language (HTML)
• Describing the difference between a roster image and a vector graphic
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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7 ) Explain the purpose of a folding dummy and imposition.
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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8 ) Describe uses of image capture and digital file output equipment and processes, including basic scanning and digital camera hardware and digital platemaking equipment for offset plates.
• Identifying the difference between line art and continuous tone originals, trapping and proofing, and hard and soft proofs
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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9 ) Explain color usage in graphic arts technology.
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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10 ) Identify basic press systems quality control devices.
Examples: color bars, densitometer
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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11 ) Identify padding equipment materials and hand tools, stapling and stitching equipment and supplies, punching and drilling equipment and tools, folding equipment, collating equipment, die cut equipment, and embossing equipment.
• Explaining different binding methods and applications, including case binding, perfect binding, saddle stitching, and lay flat binding
• Describing the mailing and distribution process of printed products
• Recognizing the basic procedures used to produce die cut, embossed, and foil products
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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12 ) Describe basic bindery operations in graphic arts.
• Identifying advantages and disadvantages of in-line, off-line, and near-line finishing
• Identifying basic paper types, including weights, grades, grain directions, and classifications used in the printing industry
• Creating basic folds for printed products
• Creating a basic paper cut from a parent sheet and a master cutting diagram for making cuts
• Utilizing punching and drilling equipment
• Demonstrating side, saddle-stitched, or stapled products
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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13 ) Calculate measurements for graphic arts technology, including line dimensions for printing, type in points and line length, volume for mixing chemicals, and original images for reduction and enlargement.
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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14 ) Solve mathematics problems related to graphic arts, including type calculations, liquid measurements, conversion problems, and paper-cutting calculations.
• Determining volume for mixing chemicals in pressroom
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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15 ) Describe desirable work ethics and habits needed for the graphic arts industry.
Examples: teamwork, dress code, communication skills
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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16 ) Research career options in the graphic arts industry.
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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17 ) Evaluate job opportunities to include wages, benefits, and employment responsibilities in the graphic arts industry.
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| Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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18 ) Describe a commercial printing operation and its production department following research and industry site visits.
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