B.A. in Multimedia and Mass Communication Overview of Print Production Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the FY BAMMC syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25. The University has not yet published an NEP syllabus for the third year of this degree, and still examines Semesters V and VI on the earlier CBCS scheme, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Overview of Print Production
Module I: The Print printed in the syllabus as Module 01
- 1 Basics of Print –
- Hard copy from Hard (Physical)
- Hard copy from Soft (Digital)
- 2 Production = Mass Print –
- Multiple impressions
- Master to inking & Impression
- Creating master
- 3 Early Printing –
- European (14 th Century) Gutenberg
- Japanese (597AD) Buddhism
- Indian (4 th Century) Clay tablets
- China – Print On paper
Module II: Technologies printed in the syllabus as Module 02
- 4 Criteria – Mass printing
- Economy – Cost effectiveness
- Speed – Number of copies
- Quality – How good & clear
- Consistency – From first to last
- 5 Job size – Minimum quantity required
- 6 Printing surface – Suitable to technology
Module III: Technologies in practice printed in the syllabus as Module 03
- 7 Mass Printing –
- Letterpress – Relief
- Gravure – Recessed
- Lithography (Offset) – plan-o- graphic
- Flexography – Modern letterpress
- Silk-screen (Screen printing) – Screen making/ Stencil
- Digital – Free of all (Lazor, inkjet, Plotter, Flex)
Module IV: Stages printed in the syllabus as Module 04
- 8 Pre-press –
- Compositing
- Colour separation
- Halftone
- 9 Resolution – Quality of Print
- DPI/ LPI
- Publication Resolution
- Flex Resolution
- DPI-LPI v/s viewing distance
- 10 Press – Transfer of Impression
- One side direct/ Indirect
- Back to Back/ Indirect (blanket)
- Progressive content (Digital)
- Sheet-fed v/s Web-fed
- 11 Post-press – Finishing
- Book Binding techniques
- Creasing/ Die cutting/
- Packaging
- Labels, Stickers, Tags
- UV Coating, Lamination
- Embossing
Module V: Commercial Aspects printed in the syllabus as Module 05
- 12 Costing & Economy
- Types of paper
- Base & Surface
- Thickness – GSM
- Types of Ink
- Job size – Minimum Quantity
- 13 Colour Printing
- Four colour CMYK
- Seven colour CMYK-RGB
- Foil print
- Fragrance & Texture Print
- 14 Future Trends – Brief comment on Evolution in Print time to time as current trends then, e.g.
- 3D Print etc.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.A. in Multimedia and Mass Communication under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module I is printed as Module 01; Module II is printed as Module 02; Module III is printed as Module 03; Module IV is printed as Module 04; Module V is printed as Module 05. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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