The four most common printing methods currently used in the printing industry

Introduce the four most commonly used printing methods currently

Different paper bags and fabric bags

Environmentally friendly bags are an increasingly popular alternative to plastic bags in consumers‘ daily lives. Because of their reusable and degradable characteristics, environmentally friendly bags have gradually become an ideal choice for people‘s shopping, travel and storage. Environmentally friendly bags are...

What are the commonly used printing techniques for books that you know?

Introduce 9 common printing techniques for books

Special printing techniques for cover and color pages

printing techniques for cover and color pages

8 Common Book Printing Papers

Introduce 8 common types of printing paper for quick understanding and selection of printing paper materials

What‘s sewing binding?

What‘s sewing binding? Sewing binding refers to a binding method that uses thread to thread the pages together. And then using glue to bound the printed pages to the spine. The advantage of thread sewing section is that the pages are thread sewing together, which means pages not easy to fall off. When opening t...

Five-color Printing Machines

Five-color Printing Machines Detailed explanation of the printing process 1. Design processing The first step in the printing process of a five-color printing press is to process the printing files. First of all, the format, size, color and other parameters of the printing file must be determined, and then th...

Understanding the Difference between Coil and Comb Binding

Understanding the Difference between Coil and Comb Binding Both comb binding and coil binding are extremely preferred binding techniques performed using comb binding and coil binding machines respectively. Both these methods are extremely effective, and the finished product often looks similar. However, it is ...

What is digital printing?

What is digital printing? Digital printing is the process of printing digital-based images directly onto a variety of media substrates. There is no need for a printing plate, unlike with offset printing. Digital files such as PDFs or desktop publishing files can be sent directly to the digital printing press to...

What does perforation mean in printing?

What does perforation mean in printing? Perforation refers to a print finishing process during which tiny holes are punched into a printed item such as a ticket or voucher. Adding this line of tiny holes is often done to achieve one of two things: It makes it easy to tear along the line and remove part of the prin...

All about book paper

Paper gives print books their unique character. It may be so subtle, we don’t even give it thought, but with every turn of the page, paper influences what a book feels like in our hands. The feel of it under our fingers. Its weight, its color, and contrast against the ink. Even the sound it makes as we rush to th...

WHAT IS FSC® CERTIFIED PAPER?

FSC® certified paper is paper that has been harvested in a responsible manner. Although FSC certified paper often contains recycled paper, it does not have to contain it to be certified. The primary requirement for certification is being harvested and produced in a responsible manner. FSC is an acronym for...

What is a board book?

What Is a Vector Image?

A vector image is a scalable image made up of values rather than pixels. Most images found online are raster images. Raster images use square pixels (bits of color) to convey an image. Vector graphics convey color using scalable color polygons. Since vector images use dynamic color sections instead of static squa...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Prepress Training: A Check List for Preparing Press-Ready Images

Use this page as a prepress training tool to keep on your desk if you want to be confident that the images you place in a Quark XPress or InDesign document are high resolution and press-ready. All these checklists are based on best practice. Opinion is divided over what file types to use, so I just list the ty...

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...