Students will explore gravure and flexography technologies, and learn to evaluate applicable designs. Extensive hands-on experience is included. Students will create pressure sensitive label designs, take command of a flexo press, and print labels.

Students who take this course will understand how package-printing technologies work, and how they are used to print bags, labels, cartons, cans, boxes, and bottles. Students will apply a packaging printing workflow to produce labels and folding cartons of their own design. Finally, cost analyses of package printing using various technologies is discussed. This course is cross-listed with PPRT-688; students may receive credit for MAAT-558 or PPRT-688, not both.

This course introduces students to the package printing industry. Printing processes, materials, production workflows and quality control systems used in package printing are introduced. Students will oversee the workflows relevant to package production, from concept to design to finished product. This course is cross-listed with MAAT-558; students may receive credit for MAAT-558 or PPRT-688, not both.