Photographic Screen Printing
Prepare a screen using silk or organdie.
Expose the screen with gelatin solution in sunlight.
Make a complete photographic stencil.
Photo Composition
state the meaning of photo composition.
Principles of photocomposition.
Safety rules in photocomposition.
Components of photocomposing machine.
Strike-on Composition
Identify the typewriting as method in letter assembly.
Type to produce a justified script.
Mechanical Composition
State the safety rules in a mechanical composition room.
Describe mechanical composition in letter assembly.
List 3 accessories each of monotype and linotype machines, mentioning their roles.
Discuss the difference between a monotype and a linotype machine.
Register the job with registration marks.
Make prints using stencil.
Origin of Printing
Students should be able to discuss the origin of the Art of screen printing.
Stencil Preparation
Produce hand made stencil with cardboards.
Produce a stencil using the block out method.
Frame Making
Make a wooden frame.
Staple or nail a mesh (silk) on the frame.
Binding Materials, Tools and Equipment
Mention some materials for book binding.
Identify some tools and equipment for print finishing.
Use these materials for simple book binding.
Book-binding and Print-finishing
Describe the stages in book binding and print finishing.
Design for Printing
Explain the concept of basic design in printing.
Identify appropriate instruments for designing.
Carry out simple designs by selecting appropriate typography, paper and colour.
Hand Composition
Identify tools/equipment and facilities for hand composition.
Explain the simple principles of hand composition.
Define terminologies of hand composition.
Describe techniques of hand composition
Differentiate between structures and parts of types.
Mention some types of alloys.
Enumerate some characters and categories of typefaces
Maintenance of Machines, Tools and Equipment in Printing Workshop
Enumerate the maintenance procedures in a Printing workshop
Safety in the Workshop
State at least 3 safety precautions to be taken in each technical workshop.
Technical Workshop in Printing Industry
Mention the 4 types of technical workshops in the printing industry
Printing Techniques
Basic understanding of the techniques in printing
How 3D and LED UV is changing the printing world
Knowledge of various products of the printing
How products from printing can be a means of passing vital information
Printing Process
Mention the five printing processes.
Describe briefly each process.
State 2 functions of each process.
Itemize materials/tools/equipment for the three commonly used processes (i.e. Relief, lithographic and screen printing)
Printing Education and Career in Printing
Mention the importance of Printing Education
State 5 careers in printing
History of Printing in Nigeria
Narrate the history of Printing in Nigeria
Discuss development of printing in Nigeria between 1846 – 1926 and1926 -1960
State the copy right law
Origin of Printing
Discuss the origin of the Art of Printing
Trace the origin to Relief printing of