Mar 30, 2015 | Printing Terms
Turnaround Times Clarified: today we have taken the time to formally clarify our turnaround times which have now been standardised to 4 main services: Web 4-Day 2-Day Same-Day The full information on these services and what guarantees are provided are available to...
Mar 11, 2015 | Paper Surface Coatings, Printing Terms, Specialist Printing
UV Varnish A UV varnish is a UV-light activated coating that can be applied to printed material either as a flood (covering the entire side) or a Spot UV. As you can see in the picture above, when applied as a spot, the varnish is printed like a transparent ink, and...
Jan 24, 2015 | Print, Printing Terms, Specialist Printing
Premium Uncoated Papers – Quick Guide for those who’d like to try a specialist business paper and would like to clarify the various terminologies and names. There are a few issues that make it hard to identify these papers but our simple guide and pictures...
Jan 17, 2015 | Printing Terms
The coating is a polymer bound to the paper surface that imparts a “feel” to the paper. In addition it binds the ink droplet and prevents it spreading. Therefore coated papers can reproduce sharper print. Some printers use cheaper coated “low coat...
Jan 17, 2015 | Printing Terms
Quick Guide Use this quick guide to help you decide what paper weights and types to use. Its intended to be very brief; but if you need to know more on a particular subject, click on the highlighted terms for more info. Paper Type Coated – standard paper; coated...
Nov 10, 2014 | Artwork Supply, Printing Terms
Bleed is one of the most misunderstood concepts within print. Often tuition courses are misleading due to reliance on old information that is no longer relevant, often designers have only ever produced for the screen or web so don’t understand the concept, and...
