Printing Knowledge

Screen printing on dark fabric is a different job than screen printing on white or light-colored fabric. On a light shirt, the ink sits on top of the fabric and keeps its full brightness. On a dark shirt, the fabric color shows through translucent ink, so the printed image looks muddy and dull. M...…

When a printed book or label looks sharp, with colors lining up perfectly from sheet to sheet, the credit often goes to motion control technology inside the press. The machine must move paper, rollers, and print units at exactly the right speed and position, thousands of times per minute. Small e...…

Inkjet all-in-one machines handle a lot of everyday work for designers, self-publishers, and small offices. They produce the quick color proofs you check before a job goes to a commercial printer, and they handle small print runs that do not warrant a full production cycle. A machine that is not...…

Flexographic printing, or flexo, is a rotary process that runs a continuous web of material through the press at high speed. Labels, flexible packaging , and folding cartons are typical jobs. Because the web never stops moving, the press must keep it under steady control from the unwind roll to t...…

When 100 gsm coated paper is trimmed on a guillotine cutter, printers sometimes see a classic defect: the finished stack comes out narrower at the top than at the bottom. Watch the cut closely and the lower sheets appear to bulge upward for a moment. Many print buyers assume the machine is broken...…

You judge a printed book by its cover, but you feel its quality when you run a finger down the trimmed edges. A clean, square trim makes a paperback feel professional. A rough one, with chipped corners or fibers sticking out, cheapens the whole job. Most of these defects start at one machine: the...…

Ink fill-in, also called plugging or tinting, is a print defect that appears as blocked letters, merged halftone dots, and dirty-looking blank areas. Small type becomes hard to read, fine lines lose their shape, and images look muddy. For print buyers and designers, the result is a job that fails...…

When you order printing, the paper is usually quoted in grams per square meter (gsm), which describes the basis weight of a single sheet. Freight and cost, however, depend on how much an actual stack weighs. Ream weight, the weight of 500 sheets in a given size, is the figure that connects the tw...…

Self-adhesive labels are one of the fastest growing segments of the printing industry. Food, beverage, cosmetics, retail, and logistics businesses all depend on them, and demand keeps rising. At the same time, label work is technically demanding. A small prepress error, a wrong spot color, or a f...…

In flexographic printing, the anilox roller plays two roles at once. It transfers ink to the printing plate, and it meters the exact amount of ink that reaches the plate. Printers often call it the heart of the flexo press, because the final result depends heavily on its condition. For buyers of...…

You send a file to the printer expecting rich, saturated color, and the finished job comes back flat and washed out. The press usually takes the blame, but the real cause often sits one step earlier in prepress. Plate-making errors quietly change dot size and image density before a single sheet i...…

When you order offset printing, the ink on the press is the last and often most overlooked variable that determines how your finished piece looks. The same file can come off the press looking vivid and crisp, or dull, patchy, and prone to smudging, and much of that difference comes down to the pr...…

From the day of the clearance of the payment and the confirmation of the proof of the artwork.
*Please note, it does not start from when you first contact us, we need a short amount of time to prepare your order before printing and we require your confirmation and payment before we commence.…

For books, folds, paper handbags, posters, flyers, folders, and cards, a bleed of 3mm is recommended, whereas for boxes, a bleed of 5mm is advisable.…

If you are using Windows, just follow the following steps:
Select your artworks or folder and then right click. Highlight "Send To." Click on "Compressed (zipped) Folder." A compressed folder will be created containing the same name as the file you compressed. It will be represented by a zipper icon. If you are using other operation systems, please…

Your artwork should be created at 300 dpi (dots per inch) or higher. If your artwork is at a lower resolution than this, the printing quality will be affected. Please note, your photo or design must meet the required file size, image dimensions, resolution, and file format before uploading it to our website.…

Vector artwork employs a series of 'points' to define a shape, akin to a graph in mathematics. This ensures that any vector shape, at any resolution, should always print sharply. On the other hand, bitmap artwork is composed of blocks (pixels) that represent a shape. Consequently, when you zoom in, you begin to perceive blocks of colors, and the ar…

- The resolution of your artworks should at least be 300dpi (300 pixels per INCH or 118 pixels per CM) to create high quality printing matters. If your image contains texts, we suggest you use higher resolution artwork up to 600dpi. - Bleed: 3mm for books, folds, paper handbags, posters, flyers, folders and cards, 5mm for boxes. - Before creating P…

The best file format to submit your artwork in is Adobe Acrobat - pdf Please ensure you have followed these steps prior to sending the artwork : 1). Convert all text to outlines / paths (the exact terminology depends on your software). Please include the fonts when you submit the artwork if you haven't managed to convert the text. 2). Ensure all im…

All products are printed by Heidelberg or Mitsubishi printing machines in full color. The full color process is an industry standard whose results can be seen at any news or magazine stand. The end result is high quality printing which can make your images happen.…