There are many steps in printing are familiar as rolling film, metal pressure ... but also have effects not everyone notice and know. Therefore, this article aims to provide basic information for people to visualize more easily when choosing printing and design.
1. Roll film
The most popular paper material in printing in Vietnam is couche paper. You can find this paper in most flyers, brochures on the market. Its advantage is its cheap price and for a sharp print quality, however as it is so popular it becomes normal and boring. Typically, to protect print quality, after printing, the paper is rolled through a film, which may be a matte, glossy or laminated material to create a material surface. Trowel technique makes the surface of paper couche no longer slippery but has a tendency to like paper art. Of course, the effect is just on the level of simulations, not as beautiful as the use of fine art paper.
2. Injections
This technique is also used a lot. On a publication, one can press the logo or text part to emphasize. Pressing the needle is not printing, it is a technique of squeezing a thin layer of metal onto the paper surface. There are many colors to choose from: white, yellow, red, blue ... The surface when the needle is shining the needle becomes a special highlight on the publication.
3. Immerse / emboss
The most obvious example of this technique is the wedding card, people often embossed patterns on paper. The paper must be relatively thick and can be pressed and also depending on whether each paper material pattern is clear or not. No image printing is required, but the image is still on paper, suitable for porous art paper.
4. UV coating
UV coating is coated with a UV film. There are two types of work: complete UV lamination (covering the entire surface of the paper) and partial UV lamination (covering only the details, the image requires the effect only). The UV-coated part is transparent but glossy, making it stand out in the light. The flower is transparent UV, when the light will be iridescent.
5. Printing phase color
An offset printing is made up of four colors: C (Cyan-blue), M (Magenta-Pink), Y (Yellow-Yellow), K (Black-Black). The combination of these four colors makes up all the colors displayed on the publication. However, there are special cases required by the color of the brand identity or the color of the emulsion, the color of the luminous color ... These colors, CMYK printing system can not be imitated should use ink Has been brewed for printing. Recently, many magazines have also used this method to highlight the magazine name on the shelf. For some product labels, the color phase is printed in addition to avoid tampering.
6. Worry
In this technique, the mold will be made to fit the finished product into the desired shape. However, the paper must be thick enough to hold the sharp and beautiful.
