Program Overview

University of Novi Sad

Faculty of Technical Sciences

The Faculty of Technical Sciences is a higher education institution that offers various study programs in the field of technical sciences.

Study Programs

The faculty offers several study programs, including:

• Doctoral studies in Graphic Engineering and Design
• Studies in Graphic Engineering and Design
• Studies in other fields of technical sciences

Departments

The faculty consists of several departments, including:

• Department of Energetics, Electronics, and Telecommunications
• Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction Engineering
• Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
• Department of Production Engineering
• Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety
• Department of General Disciplines in Engineering
• Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy
• Department of Technical Mechanics
• Department of Computer Science and Automation
• Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Energy and Process Engineering
• Department of Graphic Engineering and Design

Courses

The faculty offers various courses, including:

• Offset Printing: Controlled Process
• Digital Printing
• Printing on Polymers
• Basics of Digital Printing
• Screen Printing
• Deep Printing
• Relief Printing
• Special Printing Techniques
• Printing Techniques on Special Substrates
• Modern Measurement and Control Systems in Printing Techniques

Course: Selected Chapters from Modern Printing Techniques

Basic Information

• Category: Professional-applied
• Narrow scientific field: Graphic Engineering
• ECTS: 10

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to acquire knowledge, skills, and academic abilities in the field of modern printing techniques, as a phase of graphic production in which the printing process produces a print on various substrates.

Course Outcome

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Engage in scientific research work and participate in research related to modern printing techniques
• Apply scientific methods in the field of graphic engineering and design
• Demonstrate critical and self-critical thinking and approach in the field of modern printing techniques
• Design new solutions to engineering problems

Course Content

The course covers the following topics:

• Offset printing: tabular and rotary offset printing, printing aggregate - unit for printing, moistening, and coloring in offset printing
• Digital printing: digitization and printing processes, printing processes without printing forms, development of digital printing, digital test print, NIP technologies
• Electrophotography: electrophotography with dry toner, electrophotography with liquid toner, ROS, LED, DMD, lighting systems, dry toners, liquid toners
• Ink Jet: Continuous Ink Jet, Drop on Demand Ink Jet, Piezo, Thermal, Electrostatic Ink Jet
• Magnetography, Ionography, Thermography, Photography, X-ray, Electrography, Toner Jet Technology, Nanography
• Toners, colors for digital printing, substrates for digital printing, development of digital printing devices

Teaching Methods

The course is taught through lectures and research work. Lectures cover the theoretical part of the material, and research work involves active monitoring and study of primary scientific sources, numerical simulations, and experiments.

Literature

The course uses the following literature:

• Hansson, R. Offset Printing - Controlled Process, 2012
• Novakovi, D., Kaikovi, N. Digital Printing, 2013
• Jungers, M. The Digital Print, 2009
• Kipphan, H. Handbook of Print Media: Technologies and Production Methods, 2001
• Kaikovi, N., Novakovi, D., Stanci, M. Process Parameters of Textile Printing: Monograph, 2019
• Izdebska, J., Sabu, T. Printing on Polymers, 2016
• Majnari, I. Basics of Digital Printing, 2015
• Novakovi, D., Kaikovi, N. Screen Printing, 2013

Assessment

The course assessment consists of:

• Oral part of the exam (50 points)
• Subject project (50 points)

Teachers

The course is taught by:

• Prof. Dr. Nemanja Kaikovi
• Vanr. Prof. Dr. Magdolna Pal
• Prof. Dr. ivko Pavlovi