GMI Workflow & Production Planning Flashcards
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What is variable data printing (VDP) used for in GMI-certified production environments?
Answer: Customizing individual print pieces with unique text, images, or data from a database
VDP personalizes each printed piece with unique content drawn from a database, enabling highly targeted direct mail and marketing materials.
In GMI workflow standards, what does a job ticket (or work order) typically contain?
Answer: Complete production specifications including quantities, substrates, finishing, and delivery requirements
A job ticket is the authoritative production document specifying all parameters needed to execute a job from prepress through finishing and delivery.
What is the purpose of bleed in print file preparation?
Answer: To extend background color or images beyond the trim edge to prevent white borders after cutting
Bleed extends design elements 1/8 inch beyond the trim line, ensuring that slight cutting variations do not result in unwanted white edges on the finished piece.
Which production scheduling method prioritizes jobs based on due date to minimize late deliveries in a print facility?
Answer: Earliest Due Date (EDD)
Earliest Due Date scheduling sequences jobs by their delivery deadlines, ensuring the most time-critical work is processed first to minimize late shipments.
In a GMI digital printing workflow, what is RIP (Raster Image Processing)?
Answer: Converting vector and page description language data into a raster bitmap for output on a digital printer or platesetter
The RIP translates page layout files described in languages like PostScript or PDF into the pixel-level bitmap data that imaging devices use to produce output.
What is the function of a color bar (or control bar) printed in the trim area of a press sheet?
Answer: To provide measurement targets for monitoring ink density, dot gain, and color balance throughout the press run
Control bars contain standardized patches that allow press operators to measure and adjust ink density, dot gain, trapping, and gray balance during the press run.