NEW INITIATIVE TO EDUCATE THE “POSTPRESS: BINDING, FINISHING AND MAILING” AS OBLIGATORY COURSE-UNIT AT ÓBUDA UNIVERSITY

This online course-unit (lecturing at the Obuda University) assembled by the authors, is a primer that serves a dual role for today’s students of graphic communication. The course is an introduction to the process of post-press technologies and the different kind of bookbinding technologies, what is solid base for any printer professional that wants or needs to learn how does is works the end of in the printing house. The knowledge based on our revised manuscripts of well-known Hungarian printing industry professionals as Lajos Papp (Horvath et al, n.d.) and Gyorgy Toth (Prokai et al, n.d.). The curriculum contains presentations, videos, tests and tasks for home work. The course is presented during one semester. The credit point value of the course is 2. The students are following the lectures online week by week. They need to pass six tests and complete six home works assignments to monitor their progress. This course is designed for the students of Obuda University.