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Coating Options • Overprint Varnish Hot Stamping Indexing Embossing • Embossing Die Cutting • Steel Blade Die Cuts
Folding • Parallel Folds |
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This is a light coating applied during the printing process or as an off-line process. It provides protection from the wear and tear of everyday handling and is usually colorless.
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This is a liquid coating cured with UV light. It is more durable than varnish coating, and provides one of the best protections for printed surfaces.
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Laminating is the process of applying a film to either one side or both sides of a printed document. The use of lamination serves several purposes. It is the most expensive form of coating, providing the greatest durability, protection and visual impact. The different types of laminated coatings are: |
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This is the clearest and brightest type of film and it is used for such applications as magazine covers, posters, labels, marketing materials, and write on / wipe off calendars. It offers chemical resistance and great optical properties. |
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It is most often used for book covers, dust jackets, folders, and video slipcovers. Polyester film is heat resistant, foldable, scuff and scratch resistant, flexible, and tough. |
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Hot stamping is used to create a highly reflective image with a bright and dense metallic appearance. It is commonly used to increase impact for brand names, logos, or highlighted spot areas. It is produced by striking a metal plate with an engraved image against a foil film. Then, it transfers the foil coating from the roll film onto the paper.
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Tab cutting for indexing (step indexing, thumb indexing) is a cutting process that forms tabs on the fore-edge of finished bound books. This allows the end user quick and easy access to various sections within the book or catalogue, improving its value to the reader. |
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Often used in combination with hot stamping, embossing is a technique for altering the surface of a sheet of paper by allowing designs to be raised in the paper. The procedure involves the use of two dies, one fitting into the other so that the raised die forces the stock into the recessed die to create the embossed impression.
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This term is used to describe the opposite process or effect, which involves applying pressure to the front side of a stock forcing the material away or down from the paper surface. |
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This is an embossed image that is not stamped over a printed image or with a foil. The color of the image is the same as the paper. |
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This is a process that places the embossed image in alignment with another element created with ink, foil, punching, or with a second embossed image. |
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Refers to an embossed image that is also hot stamped. |
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There are two basic types of die cutting, steal blade and perforating. Steel Blade Die Cuts: Involves the use of metal dies to give paper specific shapes or designs that cannot be accomplished by a guillotine cutter. By using knife-edge cutting blades formed into a pattern or die, a machine presses the die into the material to produce the desired shape. Almost any shape can be created and applied to a diverse array of raw materials, such as to labels, envelopes, folders, books, brochures and documents. |
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This process does not fully trim the desired materials away from the original shape, but instead creates a cut out area that remains in place. Perforating is used when a desired section is to be removed from the document, but not immediately. |
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Parallel folds consist of folds that run parallel to each other. Common parallel folds are:
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Right-angle folds are folds that run perpendicular to each of the preceding folds. Common right angel folds are:
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