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ICT in Publishing

The use of. ICT in Publishing. How news is made:. Stage one. Production of a Newspaper. Stage two:. 1. Typesetting. 2. Transmission of completed pages . 3. Printing : Method 1 or Method 2. 4. Plate making . 5. Offset Lithography (Process). Typesetting.

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ICT in Publishing

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  1. The use of ICT in Publishing

  2. How news is made: Stage one

  3. Production of a Newspaper

  4. Stage two: 1. Typesetting 2. Transmission of completed pages 3. Printing : Method 1 or Method 2 4. Plate making 5. Offset Lithography (Process)

  5. Typesetting • A difficult job involving the layout of the page. • Must be easy to read • Correct fonts and sizes including the difference between body text and headings • Kerning defined (character spacing) • Leading (line spacing) • Length of lines/column widths • Font sizes are not changed to make a document fit the space – the story is edited

  6. Transmitting completed pages • Once the design is complete and accepted by the editor the page must be sent to the printing plant • It could be sent by • A special type of fax • Satellite • CD • WAN

  7. 2. Transmitting Complete Pages • After the accepted layout of the page is received and is approved, it is then sent to the printing plant. • There are two main ways of doing this:

  8. The First Way of Printing • Page is printed • Image is burned onto a light-sensitive film • Page placed in large fax machine • The image is transferred to the print plant

  9. The Second Way of Printing • The newspaper is completed in digital form • This is then sent to the satellites • It is then transmitted by the satellite to various printing plants (Owned by the company)

  10. 4. Computerised Plate Making • Images from negatives are transferred to printing plates • Ultraviolet light passes through the film negatives; exposing the printing plate • A chemical reaction occurs • This causes the light-sensitive coating on the aluminium to develop an image.

  11. 5. Printing-Offset Lithography • Aluminium plate is fixed into printing press. • This press consists of 3 rollers: • Plate cylinder • Blanket cylinder • Impression cylinder • Aluminium plates are flexible  bend around the plate cylinder

  12. Printing – Offset Lithography • Roller with plate attached  has ink directed onto it • This then rotates against the blanket cylinder (this is rubberised -> roller forms an image on the plate roller) • Blanket roller presses against the paper  the image is printed

  13. Printing – Offset Lithography • The third roller  presses paper against the blanket cylinder • Large sheets printed (copies of the news paper)  cut into separate versions of the newspaper.

  14. Finally: • Newspapers are distributed • Expert systems used for routing the delivery trucks • Satellite navigation systems (GPS) used by delivery drivers

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