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1) COLOUR MODES2) PRINTABLE COLOURS3) DOCUMENT SET UP4) COSTING5) PRINTERS6) FORMATS7) STOCK8)PROCESSES9)FINISH10)MOCK UP / PROOF / SIGN OFF
TOP 10 MANUAL FORSUCCESSFUL PRINT
10COSTING
Learn roughly the costs of printing sizes and finishes
GET 3 QUOTES FROM 3 DIFFERENT PRINTERS Make sure that you give the same specification for what you want to each of these printers
Get the quotes BEFORE you start the job
Special sizes (other than A sizes) will be more expensive
The print finish could be cost more than the actual printing
AUTHOR CORRECTION - the sign off prevents you being held for other corrections, but the Client may want to change after the first print has gone through, this will be at a additional cost
Delivery cost - the country/continent may varey. It may be cheaper to print in China, but the delivery costs may not make it economical
ROTARY PRINTING -image printing plates are wapped around cylinders
Lithography -SMALLER number of prints, but higher QUALITY job e.g. leaflets, mailshots, comics etc
Rotogravure - high volume and durable prints e.g. newspapers and lino floors
Flexography - packaging, lower quality
PRINTERSYou should know early on which commercial print pro-cess is appropriate, there are advances in specifications1
PRINTERS1OTHER PRINTINGDigital - reproduction of image by translating the digital code direct from a computer to a material without intermediate physical process e.g Bill-boards, Designs on Cars (stickers), you are totaly incharge of the outcome
Screen - done by hand or machine, high quality and durable prints e.g T-shirts
Pad - placing a 2D image onto a 3D object, printing onto impossible surfaces e.g. stationary, work hats
CMYK - for PRINTThis is an additative process, ink based where the more ink you apply to the page the darker the colour becomes
RGB - for SCREENThe is a reductive process, screen based so the more colours you have in an area, the lighter it becomes until it is white.
GREYSCALE - black with shades of gray continuously throughout the image
MONOCHROME - same as greyscale but the black/grey is replaces with a colour
DUOTONE - mix of 2 spot colours over imagem
COLOUR MODES2
Colour differences between screen (RGB) VS print (CMYK)
SPOT COLOURS3This is part of OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY printing where a PURE ink is mixedIt is a colour that cannot be mixed from CMYK
It can be used in logos for companies to ensure that the same colour is used throughoutIt is
Spot colour uses another plate, so the more spot colours you have, the higher the cost of printing
4TINTSYou can increase the lightness of a colour by changing the tint without changing the hue. It is economically benificial - you can pro-duce as many tints of a colour from one printing plate instead of using various spot colours
5FORMATS
ALWAYS make sure your work is in CMYK before printingRESOLUTION - should be 300 dpi (dots per inch)
Know what size your print will be before you create it to be more creative and economical
The uses and sizes of paper sizes.
6Talking to the Printers- The printers need to know what you want to give them- Give them an actual size mock up with all the images in place- Points to check before you send off as correcting them will be expensive
Document Set up (resolution, CMYK) Files, Formats, Fonts Spell Check Colour specification Printer Mark Pre-flight check Mock up
PROOF
This is the MOST important part of printing if you are working for a cleint. You must get them to sign off the first copy before you give the go-ahead to print the rest.This will serve as an INSURANCE policy for you incase the client changes their mind again.
ARTWORK
7You can print on practically anything so ensure your stock is ap-propriate - having the correct weight and finish of a paper are es-sential to the feel of the job
Have an idea of the stock you want to have on your print when chosing colours because there is a different between the strength of colour between an uncoated and a coated stock
Try other stock colours - it may save the cost from using a flood colour.
CoatedUncoatedMattGloss
STOCK
8Closely linked to print process and should always be dis-cusses with your printer as they are likely to do this IN HOUSE;
BINDINGFOLDING & CREASINGDIE STAMP / DRILLINGEMBOSSEDDEBOSSED
PROCESSES
9FINISHES
Be aware that print finishes are expensive
They make the print look better
When sending a varnish to print, make the colour a translucent spot colour and tell the printer which colour you have chosen to use as a varnish
Die cutSpot inkUV varnishEmbossLaminate