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8 Essential Knowledge for Book Printing
8 common tips for printing
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Why does printing require color sequence?
Why does printing require color order? We will explain from three aspects: reasons, influencing factors of color order, and principles.
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What is the difference between four color printing and spot color printing?
Gain a deeper understanding of the differences and uses between four color printing and spot color printing
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The four most common printing methods currently used in the printing industry
Introduce the four most commonly used printing methods currently
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What are the commonly used printing techniques for books that you know?
Introduce 9 common printing techniques for books
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Special printing techniques for cover and color pages
printing techniques for cover and color pages
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8 Common Book Printing Papers
Introduce 8 common types of printing paper for quick understanding and selection of printing paper materials
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What are the differences between offset printing and digital printing?
What is Offset Printing? Offset printing technology uses plates, usually made from aluminum, which are used to transfer an image onto a rubber “blanket”, and then rolling that image onto a sheet of paper. It’s called offset because the ink is not transferred directly onto the paper. Because offset presses run ...
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Book Printing: What are the Advantages of Spiral Binding?
Book Printing: What are the Advantages of Spiral Binding? Spiral Binding, also known as Coil Binding, is a common method for joining the pages and cover of a bound document. It utilizes a durable plastic or metal coil that is inserted and twisted through small holes punched along the spinal edge of the book...
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Coil binding
Coil binding, also known as spiral binding, is a commonly used book binding style for documents. This binding style is known by a number of names including spiral coil, color coil, colorcoil, ez-coil, plastic coil, spiral binding, plastikoil and coilbind. Usage: Documents bound with helical coil (usually called sp...
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What is UV Coating (and Why Do You Need It)?
What is UV Coating (and Why Do You Need It)? UV coating is an excellent way to make your print marketing materials stand out: UV coating provides a brilliant glossy sheen to your business cards, postcards, flyers and other materials. Having your print marketing materials UV coated also provides a thick...
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What‘s the Difference Between 4 Color Process Printing and Spot Color Printing?
There are two main printing processes you will need to know about: 4 color process (CMYK) printing and spot color printing printing. 4 Color Process Best practice: check, double check, triple check. Happy? Check again. Many mistakes are made when spot colors are mixed in with 4 color process (CMYK) color...
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Press-Ready Image Tutorial: How and Why to Create High Resolution Images
When creating press-ready images and artwork, it‘s just as important to know why you are doing it as it is to know how. Understanding the reason for a doing something helps you understand how to do it better. This is very true for graphic design, and especially for image preparation. Most of the work laid out in ...
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Which Color Mode Should Press-Ready Images be Converted to?
ll images created in Photoshop are saved in a color mode. There are different types of image that are used for different types of job, and each needs to be prepared correctly for its output in print. Here we‘ll focus on the Photoshop modes used for press purposes. They are, in order of appearance in the Photosho...
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Paper Dimensions Used in Graphic Design
Official International ISO 216 (A) Paper Sizes (excluding USA and Canada) Most documents created in a graphic design environment conform to standard paper dimensions. It‘s handy to have these measurements to hand, so below are some of the commonest paper sizes used in the design and print industry, inclu...
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How to Convert Text to Outlines
When using Adobe Illustrator how to (and when to) convert text to outlines for press-ready vector artwork is essential knowledge. Fonts can cause problems when sending artwork to press. If you‘ve used a typeface that your printing house doesn‘t have, the document will print incorrectly. This is why you‘ll find...
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TYPES OF PAPER
Writing Papers Typically, Writing papers are offered in a variety of whites and off-whites, with textures ranging from smooth to embossed. Our papers are made from high-grade bleached wood pulp for sulphite sheets or high-grade cotton fibers for the cotton sheets. Recycled sheets include high quality post consume...
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