I thought I'd post this onto the DP blog too along with the Design Context blog as most of the descriptions are worded and reworded by me from researching a little bit into them myself. It gave a good foundation in order for me to look into each process more in-depth.
Screen printing
A printing process whereby ink is forced through a fine mesh stretched across a frame. It is ideal for printing onto Polypropylene, Plastics, Correx, PVC or Aluminium where the design requires solid colours. Varnishes can also be applied by this method.
Colour flooding is achieved by screen printing, allowing you to create a colour finish across the product. Sometimes used on translucent materials to give the products appearance of the correct corporate colour.
Fine detail and photographic imagery is better produced by litho printing or digital printing.
Colour flooding is achieved by screen printing, allowing you to create a colour finish across the product. Sometimes used on translucent materials to give the products appearance of the correct corporate colour.
Fine detail and photographic imagery is better produced by litho printing or digital printing.
Litho Printing:
Perfect for printing colourful graphics, images and photography. It produces an excellent graphic result onto a wide variety of materials.
Example:
Foil Blocking:
Method of applying metallic or pigmented foil to polypropylene using heat and pressure. A special die has to be produced which can be used time and again. A one-off charge is made for the die.
Mostly used for solid images in small areas. Larger blocking areas are possible, but please show us the graphics first so we can advise. Much depends on where on the product the image is to be positioned and how large the solid areas are. Standard foil colours are Gold and Silver.
Blind Blocking:As foil blocking but without the foil, it creates a stamping impression into the material! Often used when a subtle branding is required.
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Digital Printing
Digital Printing has the same capabilities as Litho Printing but at a lower quality. Digital Printing is good for low volume runs that require complex graphics printed.
Example:
Spot UV Varnishing
Spot UV Varnish is a process whereby we would apply a clear gloss, matt or satin `laquer`onto specific areas of (usually) pre litho-printed sheets. Either directly onto the paper or, more effectively, after the sheet has been matt laminated.
Spot UV can also be used directly onto most uncoated stocks too, simply by first applying a matt UV and then a gloss UV over the top. This effect will highlight certain areas of any printed matter and greatly enhance the product.
Example:
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