Saddle-Stitch
25/02/2016
Where a document is wire stitched on the spine, better known as stapled.
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Screen Printing
25/02/2016
The oldest method of printing. Ink is applied to a porous silk screen and passes through a stencil or template to leave an impression. Normally used when printing on fabric and banners and when printing on board that is too thick to pass through a standard litho print press.
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Seal or Sealer
25/02/2016
A coating applied over the print to fix it. This helps prevent set off and smudging.
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Self-Cover
25/02/2016
Where the cover and text pages are on the same paper stock.
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Set Off
25/02/2016
This is where the ink from one sheet is transferred on to the reverse of the sheet above. Leaving ample time for the ink to dry and applying a sealer helps to prevent this.
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Silk Coated Paper
25/02/2016
Silk papers have a low surface shine, a smooth finish, but not glossy.
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Sheet-fed
25/02/2016
A sheet-fed printing press uses individual sheets, instead of continuous rolls of paper used on web offset presses.
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Spot Colours
25/02/2016
Refers to solid colours which are found in commercially obtainable colour ranges such as Pantone®, these are mostly used in addition to CMYK where CMYK is not available e.g. Printing gold or silver. When using Pantone colours, it is worth bearing in mind for future jobs that should you want to print in CMYK, the...
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Spot Gloss UV Varnish
25/02/2016
A high gloss finish applied to specific areas of print. This differs from gloss laminating which has to cover the whole sheet.
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