Today we had the last of our design for print seminars with Amber. This one was a focus on stock although the presentation we had, titled '7 Things to Know About Print', featured a brief overview of what we had looked at in previous sessions.
Colour Modes
CMYK.
RGB.
Hexachrome.
Spot Colour.
PMS (Pantone).
Formats
ISO.
A & SRA.
Imperial & Metric.
Tabloid, Broadsheet and Berliner.
Envelope (C).
Stock
Weight (gsm).
Finishes (coated/nncoated, gloss/matt, silk etc).
Laid.
Wove.
Boards/cartons.
Plastics/acetates.
Artwork
Preparation of artwork, sign of a professional, making life easy for yourself.
Document preparation, packaging contents (fonts, images etc).
File formats and fonts (check with printer).
Spell checker.
Colour specification.
Printers marks (crop marks, bleed etc).
Pre-flight check.
Mock-up.
Proof colours and print.
Sign off.
Processes
Lithograph.
Rotogravure.
Flexography.
Screen-print.
Pad-printing.
Six colour.
Laminate.
Foil block.
Emboss/deboss.
Spot/UV varnish.
Finishing
Binding.
Folding and creasing.
Die stamp/cut and drilling.
Costing
Get an early quote.
3 quotes for the same work from different printers.
Work out unit cost.
Check minimum quantities and whether a higher print run would be a similar cross.
Extras/authors.
Delivery cost.
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