Detailed Course Programme
| Tuesday, March 4 | |
| 10:00-12:00 | Refresher Lecture: Introduction to Printing Technology - The principles of 4-colour printing and the different printing processes Adj. Prof. Dr. Janet Preston, Åbo Akademi and Imerys Minerals Ltd., UK |
| 12:00-13:00 | Registration |
| 13.00-13.15 | Opening words Prof. Martti Toivakka, Åbo Akademi, FI |
| 13:15-14:00 | Economics of Printing Ann Collander, VF Tryck AB, SE |
| 14:15-15:00 | Advertising and media trends - Co-existence of print and digital John Charnock, Print Research International, UK |
| 15:15-16:00 | Novel printing technologies: Landa Nanography, printing of non-paper surfaces, 3D-printing John Charnock, Print Research International, UK |
| 16:15-17:00 | Printed Electronics on Paper - Towards Paper Electronics Prof. Martti Toivakka, Åbo Akademi, FI |
| 19:00-22:00 | Course Dinner |
| Wednesday, March 5 | |
| 08:30-09:15 | Pre-press, production flow, material and data flow for the production of printed products Jouni Marttila, SAPPI Fine Paper, FI |
| 09:30-11:00 | Print and image quality and introduction to offset lithography Jouni Marttila, SAPPI Fine Paper, FI |
| 11:15-12:00 | Heatset offset lithography Jouni Marttila, Sappi Fine Paper, FI |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-13:45 | Sheet-fed offset lithography Mika Anttila, FI |
| 14:00-15:15 | Ink Chemistry Prof. Göran Ström, KTH/Innventia, SE |
| 15:30-16:30 | Flexography Dr. Gustavo Gil Barros, TetraPak, SE |
| Thursday, March 6 | |
| 08:30-11:00 | Digital printing: Electrophotography & Inkjet Dr. Mattias Andersson, MiUn/DPC, SE |
| 11:15-12:00 | Rotogravure: Process and advantages Thomas Herbst, Leipa Georg Leinfelder GmbH, DE |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:30 | Substrates and printability Prof. Dr. Patrick Gane, Omya Development, CH and Aalto University, FI |
| 15:00-15:45 | Runnability - Construction of paper to survive processing Thomas Herbst, Leipa Georg Leinfelder GmbH, DE |
| 16:00- | Excursion to a local print house Hansaprint |
| Friday, March 7 | |
| 08:30-10:30 | Practical session - Prints and dots! Sources and mechanisms of print defects Adj.Prof. Dr. Jan-Erik Nordström, Åbo Akademi and Stora Enso, SE Adj.Prof. Dr. Janet Preston, Åbo Akademi and Imerys Minerals Ltd., UK |
| 10:45-11:45 | Lab testing and print trials to evaluate print problems Adj.Prof. Dr. Jan-Erik Nordström, Åbo Akademi and Stora Enso, SE Adj.Prof. Dr. Janet Preston, Åbo Akademi and Imerys Minerals Ltd., UK |
| 11:45-12:00 | Closing words Prof. Martti Toivakka, Åbo Akademi |
