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About Printing
You
can design a beautiful piece but unless you have an understanding of how
the printing process works and printing requirements, it won't look its
best. This section can serves as a helpful guide for everything you need
to know about the full color (CMYK) and spot color printing of catalogs,
brochures, books, business cards, posters, postcards and a whole lot more.
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reading our printing overview!
 Printing
with Color
• CMYK/Process
Color
•
Spot
or PMS Color
•
How
Many Colors Should I Use?
•
Does
the Paper Color Count as a Color?
•
Paper
Color Considerations
Papers
& Envelopes
•
Coated
vs Uncoated Papers
•
Envelope
Sizes
•
Paper
Considerations
•
Paper
Stock Color
•
Paper
Weight
Methods
of Printing
•
Should
I Print or Photocopy?
•
Direct-to-Plate/
Digital printing
•
Engraving
and Thermography
•
Flexography
•
Gravure/Rotogravure
Printing
•
Letterpress
Printing
•
Offset
Lithography
•
Screen/Silkscreen
Printing
•
Web
Press Printing
Talking
to Your Printer
•
Keeping
Printing Costs Down
•
Planning
Your Print Project *NEW*
•
Should
I Print or Photocopy My Project?
•
What
Should I Ask My Printer?
•
What
Should I Tell My Printer?
Printing
Terms
•
Duotones
& Tritones
•
Halftones
& Linescreens
•
Moire
Patterns
•
Picas
& Points
•
Spreads
and Signatures
•
Fraction
Equivalents
Finishing
Your Printing Job
•
Bindery
Methods
•
Varnishes
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