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Date Time Lecture
Sun 7/8 5:00 pm Pre-Presentation Dinner
6:30 pm Introduction/Review of Syllabus
7:00 pm Industry Status 2010 & Printing Processes
Paste
Mon 7/9 8:00 am Lithographic Print Process
9:00 am Litho Paste Ink Vehicle Composition
10:00 am Litho Paste Ink Composition
11:30 am Energy Curable Paste Inks - Part I
12:30 pm LUNCH
1:30 pm Energy Curable Paste Inks - Part II
2:30 pm Offset Prepress
3:00 pm Offset Press Demo
4:30 pm Variable Print Demo
6:30 om DINNER
Paste/Liquid PM
Tue 7/10 8:00 am Substrates - Paper Properties & Printability
9:00 am Fountain Solution & Press Room Chemicals
10:00 am Formulating Litho Inks & Vehicles
11:30 am LUNCH
12:15 pm Viscosity Demo
1:15 pm Printability and Proofing Demo
2:00 pm Inkometer Tack Measurements Demo
2:45 pm PAPER MILL TOUR
5:00 pm Repeat of Intro for Liquid Ink Attendees
6:30 pm COMBINED PASTE & FLUID ATTENDEES DINNER
Paste/Liquid
Wed 7/11 8:00 am Principles of Rheology & Practical Applications
9:30 am Organic/Inorganic Pigments, Metallic & Special Effect Colorants
11:45 am GROUP PHOTO
12:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm Digiatal Ink 
1:30 pm Fundamentals of Carbon Black
2:00 pm Introduction to Color Matching and Color Management
3:45 pm Principles of Dispersion
5:00 pm Manufacturing Dispersions for Paste & Fluid Inks - QC
6:00 pm OPEN EVENING - DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Liquid
Thur 7/12 8:00 am Flexo & Gravure Printing, Lamination, Converting Processes
9:30 am Flexo & Gravure Solvent Vehicle Composition
10:30 am Flexo & Gravure Water Based Ink & Vehicle Composition
12:15 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm Energy Curable Fluid Inks
2:30 Pm Flexo Press Demos
PCMC Wide Web Flexo Press Run
4:00 pm Grant Corrugated Press Run
6:00 pm DINNER
Liquid
Fri 7/13 7:30 am Substrates for Surface & Reverse Printing and Lamination
9:00 am Flexo & Gravure Ink Composition
10:30 am Formulating Flexo & Gravure Vehicles and Inks
11:30 am Flexo & Gravure Ink Testing
12:30 pm LUNCH
1:15 pm Flexographic Plate Making
2:00 pm Flexographic Plate Mounting
2:45 pm Proofing & Printability Demo
3:30 pm End