A lithography lab course has been developed that is applicable to students from the middle-school level up to college students. It can also be inserted into electronics technology or similar courses in two- and four-year colleges, or used to demonstrate applications of polymers in chemistry classes. Some of these techniques would enable research…

Teachers can integrate halftone or duotone production into a graphic communications class even if they lack access to an offset press. The approach described in this article, in fact, offers a benefit in that the dots involved in screen printing halftones and dutones can be enlarged to make them easily visible, while those used in offset printing…

Article emphasizes the difficulties in obtaining copyright permission, present contractual agreements between instructor and university for copyrighting educational materials, and protection against copyright violations. (Author)

While business instructors are still teaching spirit and stencil duplicating processes, most businesses now use copiers or offset printing processes. The article discusses offset and copier skills needed by office workers, pointing out that the processes being taught should be compatible with those used in business. (MF)

Experience of the U.S. Government Printing Office and others has shown that electronic composition of computer processed data is more economical than printing from camera copy produced by the line printers of digital computers. But electronic composition of data not already being processed by computer is not necessarily economical. This analysis…

The following is a cost comparison of students photocopying print reserve readings for a typical college course versus printing out hard copies of the same articles if they are offered as electronic reserves at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The prices quoted were taken from the website of a major office supply company the week of…

A discussion of the advantages of various reproduction machines. (HB)

Focusing on the production and utilization of printing processes in constructing effective visuals for teaching, this bulletin contains articles on the silk screening stencil process, use of a similar process with a portable mimeograph, and the hectograph process. The first article lists equipment needed to make a silk screen, steps in building…

Discussed is copyright legislation, its history, the Fair Use Doctrine, ambiguities, and the major educational aspects of new copyright legislation pending in congress. (SL)

Article describes how to design and equip a darkroom. (GB)

For more than 150 years, printers have been faithfully reproducing continuous tone originals using halftoning techniques. For about 120 years, printers could only use the AM halftoning technique invented by Henry Talbot. In recent years, the advent of powerful raster image processors and high-resolution output devices has increased the variety of…

Tells journalism advisors and staffs how to prepare mimeographed school newspapers, emphasizing graphics, printing, and layout. (RB)

Prepared for educators interested in correspondence, broadcasting, and other media, this newsletter summarizes recent events in extension education programs around the world. This issue contains: (1) a cost analysis of duplication processes; (2) notices for several on-going international projects; (3) an article on educational reforms in Peru; (4)…

Explores the ramifications of phototypesetting for high school journalism and student publications programs. (KS)

Describes a project involving both art and science wherein students learn to make photograms. (GB)