The document outlines the process of producing a newspaper from start to finish in 5 main steps: 1. Stories are collected from correspondents and edited by journalists. 2. The page layout is created and then transmitted digitally or via satellite to the printing plant. 3. At the printing plant, plates are made from the digital files and mounted on cylinders in the printing press. 4. The printing press uses offset lithography to transfer the image from the plates to rubber blankets and then onto large printed sheets. 5. The large printed sheets are cut into individual newspapers ready for distribution.

1. 2.5 Use of ICT in Publishing
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3. Production of a Newspaper
Correspondents Received at the
send in their editorial staff- the The process is then
collect and send the Page layout of the completed when the
stories from the stories to the newspaper is document has been
location of the newspaper created edited to remove
story – done by journalists as the any mistakes.
email main office.
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4. 1. Typesetting
– Layout of the typed page: needs to be easy to read. How
can this be done:
 Correct font
 Correct size
 Kerning-space between individual letters in a word
 Leading (pronounced “Ledding”)-space between the lines on the
page.
 Length of each line
 Size of the body text font.
– Difficult job
– Off for plate making
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5. 2. Transmitting Complete Pages
• The accepted layout of the page has been
received and is approved; this is then send
to the printing plant. Two ways of doing
this:
Way One
Way two
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6. 3a) The First Way of Printing
1. Page is printed
2. Image is burned onto a light-sensitive film
3. Page placed in large fax machine
4. The image is transferred to the print plant
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7. 3b) The Second Way of Printing
1. The news paper is completed in digital
form
2. This is then sent to the satellites
3. It is then transmitted by the satellite to
various printing plants (Owned by the
company)
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8. 4. Computerised Plate Making
1. Images from negatives are transferred to
printing plates
2. Ultraviolet light passes through the film
negatives; exposing the printing plate
3. A chemical reaction occurs
4. This causes the light-sensitive coating on
the aluminium to develop an image.
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9. 5. Printing-Offset Lithography
1. Aluminium plate is fixed into printing press.
2. This press consists of 3 rollers:
a. Plate cylinder
b. Blanket cylinder
c. Impression cylinder
3. Aluminium plates are flexible  bend
around the plate cylinder
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10. Printing – Offset Lithography
4. Roller with plate attached  has ink
directed onto it
5. This then rotates against the blanket
cylinder (this is rubberised -> roller forms
and image on the plate roller)
6. Blanket roller presses against the paper 
the image is printed
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11. Printing – Offset Lithography
6. The third roller  presses paper against
the blanket cylinder
7. Large sheets printed (copies of the news
paper)  cut into separate versions of the
news paper.
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