Print Formats & Finishes

Prints Formats & Finishes.

Coated Papers & Stocks

UV spot locations, wood, plastic & glass.

You can tell the paper by the way it feels & looks:

Coated paper - Sheen & waxy.
Uncoated paper - Matt, rough & natural.


Considerations of print on to different stocks.
Uncoated Paper - Appear dull they are like a sponge with inks.
Coated Paper - This is shiny and is like a pane of glass.


Die Cut - Manufacturing Process 
A way of making a whole in the paper
Shapes for large numbers.



Emboss & Deboss
Raised up image (Emboss)
Deboss is the opposite
Remember that this effets the back of the paper
Can be made with colour or be blind - making the use of the light to make see.



Laminate
Litho laminating process
Inline, offline & sheet to sheet



Duplex
Allows you to print on both sides of paper
(MFP'S) Multifunction printers
Only one side - single sided printing



Foiling
Foil stamping (Heat stamped), commercial
Various Patterns



Consider production values:
Scale
Functionality to context
Target audience
Evaluate impact of design