NEWSPAPER PRINTING
[EIRI/EDPR/1617] (J.C.: 419)
INTRODUCTION
A newspaper press is defined as one where at least one periodical is printed. In addition, this press is owned by the newspaper itself. A commercial press printing a newspaper is defined as a commercial press and not a newspaper - press.
Printing as it is understood in the modern context had its beginning in Europe in 1439 when the technique of printing from movable metal types was developed by Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany. Printing of some crude sort done from movable types was believed to have been produced in Holland by costar before Gutenberg. The Gutenberg's invention consisted essentially in making brass moulds and matrices by which type could be accurately aligned and cast in large numbers. The metal chosen for the type was an alloy of lead, tin and antimony. The technique of printing consisted in composing the type into words, lines and pages, inking the printing surface and printing sheets of paper in a manually operated press made of wood. The first book printed by Gutenberg was a Bible, in the year 1456. The art of printing spread quickly all over Europe and by the fifteenth century about twenty million copies of over 40,000 different editions had been printed mainly on hand presses. In the beginning of seventeenth century more or less regular newspaper printed from movable types started appearing in Germany, Austria the Netherlands and Italy.
The printing processes now in common use are broadly classified into four groups according to the principles on which their printing - image carriers are based. The four process families are - relief printing (letter press and flexography) in which printing areas of the image carriers are raised above printing (lithography and collotype) in which the printing and non printing areas are in the same plane of the image corner; intaglio printing (gravure) in which the printing areas are sunken in the image carrier, non - printing areas are on its surface, and screen printing (stencil printing) in which the printing areas consist of open pores of the image carrier, the blocked pores - constitute the non - printing areas.
COST ESTIMATION
Plant Capacity 2,40,000 Copies/Day
Land & Building (1000 sq.mt.) Rs. 1.75 Cr
Plant & Machinery Rs. 83.00 Lac
Working Capital for 3 Months Rs. 2.09 Cr
Total Capital Investment Rs. 4.77 Cr
Rate of Return 29%
Break Even Point 46%
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
MARKET SURVEY
BIS SPECIFICATION
START A NEW NEWS PAPER/MAGAZINE/PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS
DETAILED PROCESS
METHOD OF TYPE SETTING AND PRINTING
PRINCIPLE OF OFFSET
SPECIFIC FOLDING METHODS
BALLON FOLDING
PROCESS FLOW SHEET
PLANT LAYOUT
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT
PLANT LOCATION FACTORS
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIAL
SUPPLIERS OF DTP SYSTEM/COMPUTERS
SUPPLIERS OF NEWSPAPER PRINTING MACHINERY
APPENDIX – A:
01. PLANT ECONOMICS
02. LAND & BUILDING
03. PLANT AND MACHINERY
04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS
05. FIXED CAPITAL
06. RAW MATERIAL
07. SALARY AND WAGES
08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
11. COST OF PRODUCTION
12. TURN OVER/ANNUM
13. BREAK EVEN POINT
14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE
15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS
16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS
17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS
18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)
