Spot varnish and Flood varnish

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Blok

1. When creating a print project with a spot varnish (one or more areas on the page) or even a flood varnish (covering the complete page) it is ideal to create a separate layer and use 2. a pantone colour … Continue reading →

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Rich blacks

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Blok

When creating a print project with large areas of black ink it is ideal to create a rich black or super black. This makes it easier for the printer and the final result is a darker rich black which looks … Continue reading →

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Spot colours, bleed and trim size

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Blok

1. This is the bleed. Bleed allows the printer some wiggle room to trim your design to the final trim size. This is CORRECT, the green Pantone 357 box has .125 inches of bleed past the final trim size. 2. … Continue reading →

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Things to consider when designing your print project

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Blok

For example, you would like to create a simple eight page booklet with a finished trim size of 8.5”x11”. The project will have bleed, be printed four colour process + Pantone 357 and have a spot gloss varnish setup as … Continue reading →

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