Introduction to Printing Course
This course is run in partnership with the Paper Industry Charitable Trust
Upcoming
The next course (Reference: IPC 25A) has now been arranged for Thursday 12th June 2025 at the St. Bride Foundation in London
Venue
St. Bride Foundation
Established in 1891 with a clear social and
cultural purpose, St. Bride Foundation is one of London’s hidden gems. Housed in
a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building, St Bride Foundation was
originally set up to serve the burgeoning print and publishing trade of nearby
Fleet Street, and is now finding a new contemporary audience of designers,
printmakers and typographers who come to enjoy a regular programme of design
events and workshops.
Many thousands of books, printing-related periodicals and physical objects are at the heart of St. Bride Library. Volumes on the history of printing, typography, newspaper design and paper-making jostle for space alongside one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of type specimens. The printed, written, carved and cast word may be found at St Bride in its myriad forms. Architectural lettering and examples of applied typography in many media, together with substantial collections of steel punches and casting matrices for metal types are also held in this eclectic collection. The Reading Room is open to visitors twice a month and on other days by appointment. Although we operate on a cost-neutral basis, it is necessary to charge for some of our services.
St.
Bride's retains many of its original features, including the baths, laundry,
printing rooms and library. As part of the Foundation’s original mission to
provide for the community, many of the building’s unique and characterful spaces
are available to hire whether for meetings, weddings or classes.
St.
Bride also houses the popular Bridewell Theatre, and Bridewell Bar (once the
laundry), and hosts a year-round programme of plays, comedy, music and
exhibitions.
With some 65,000 visitors a year, St. Bride Foundation is a major London hub for the creative arts in London.
Objective of the Course
This training course has been developed for people who work in
businesses allied to the printing industry including paper merchants. We aim to
help ‘non-printers’ understand the fundamentals of how printing works and gain a
better insight into the world of print. The course is also suitable for
“starters” in the printing industry.
The intention of this course is not to make people experts in printing
but give them the knowledge to understand and converse with printers making the
right choices for products and end use, particularly paper for printing.
The course is designed to be engaging and easy to understand.
Delegates will come away from the course feeling that
they have a deeper appreciation of printing and how to handle and discuss
printing matters.
Agenda
·
A brief history of printing
·
Various printing methods and how they work
·
Colour management and ISO12647-2
·
Terminology and Jargon busting
·
Technical issues and complaint handing
·
A tour of the St. Brides Foundation
Lecturer
Don Turner
Through experience, Don Turner has become an advocate
for good learning and development practice.
He enjoys working with organisations to achieve greater
understanding and relish watching people grow, through one-to-one development or
group training. Don can see how it can drive business and the people within it
to achieve results in line with an organisations strategic objectives.
His clients tell him that, he’s pragmatic, down-to-earth
with excellent engagement skills. Don enjoys working with people at all
organisational and academic levels. He’s currently working for professional
services, not-for-profit clients and offers a full learning and development
consultancy, from conducting a training needs analysis, through to design,
personal delivery and evaluation. He gives advice and training on all aspects of
the employment cycle as well as helping the self-employed and business owners to
deliver on strategic objectives.
Don was Head of Strategic Business Development for
PaperlinX UK between 2009 and 2013, prior to that he was Training Manager at
Howard Smith Paper between 2007 and 2009 and before that he was National
Technical Services Manager for The Paper Company between 1999 and 2007.
Registration and coffee is at 9.30 am for a 10.00 am start. The course runs through to 12.30 pm, with a buffet lunch. In the afternoon the delegates are taken around St Bride Foundation with a guided tour. On return to the classroom, the course concludes with a questions and answers session finishing at 4.30 pm.
The cost per delegate including
all refreshments, buffet lunch and comprehensive course notes is only £295 +
VAT.
Smart casual.
St. Bride’s Foundation is situated at 14, Bride Lane,
London EC47 8EQ. The nearest London Underground stations to St. Brides are
Blackfriars on the Circle and District lines, Farringdon on the Circle,
Hammersmith and Metropolitan lines and St. Pauls on the Central line. There is
also a Thameslink station on Ludgate Hill.