Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of 17 terminal objectives for a secondary level basic printing course. The materials were developed for a two-semester (2 hours daily) course with specialized classroom and shop experiences designed to enable the student to develop basic competencies as a printer in the fundamentals of typography, press work, bindery, and finishing process with emphasis on safety, typography, negative and plate processes, and quality control. The titles of the 17 terminal objectives are Orientation, Occupations and Trends, Letterpress Composition, Press Make-Ready and Operation, Letterpress Applications, Layout and Design, Paste-Up, Point System Applied to Lithography, Preparing Camera Copy for Reproduction, Process Photography, Presensitized Plates, Offset Press Operation, Bindery Operations, Cost Estimating, Continuous Tone Photography, Industrial Attitudes and Work Habits, and Skill Comprehension Exercises. (This manual and 54 others were developed for various secondary level vocational courses using the System Approach for Education (SAFE) guidelines.) (HD)