Sometime you have to meet some of printing ink problems in your printing business works. You should know about printing problems related with inks to solve your problems and continuing your printing jobs smoothly.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
PRINTING INKS - Standard Types
Many printing inks used by any purposes produced by printing ink manufacturers. These printing inks commonly used for small business to high-scale printing business activities, from small home business printer to the large printing machine usage.
What kinds of printing inks type ready on the market?
Printing Lamination – FAMOUS METHODS
A Lamination in printing business works is laminating of printing matters surfaces to make them look exclusively. The printing lamination could give you more fine results and durability of printing matters. It is widely used for finishing works in printing brochures, flyers, business cards, catalogs, etc.
Here are the famous methods of printing lamination used in printing business activities...
Here are the famous methods of printing lamination used in printing business activities...
Printing Coating – FAMOUS TYPES
Coating of printing matters surfaces could provide the best surface properties and protection for printed surfaces. When coatings are applied as an off-line process over dry ink, they create a bold effect, but when applied as an on-line process, they create a much more subtle effect over ink that is still wet. Among the most popular coatings are overprint varnishes, aqueous coatings, UV coatings, and EB coatings.
Overprint Varnish
Applied during the printing process or as an off-line process, overprint varnish is much like a solvent-based ink. The different varieties are usually colorless, but sometimes they are tinted to achieve a desired effect. Varnish can be applied as an all-over coat or in spots to highlight a specific area of a printed piece.
Overprint varnish is available in glossy, dull, or satin finishes. Gloss varnish creates a smooth surface over the paper, filling in any voids or irregularities that may be on the surface. Dull varnish also fills in irregularities to form a smooth surface, but it diffuses light that reflects back to the eyes, which creates a dull appearance. A nearly 3-D effect can be created by applying gloss varnish to a subject and dull or satin varnish to the background. The subject will appear to jump off the page. In addition to applying varnish as a solid coat, it can also be printed as a halftone (series of dots) in order to provide subtle effects and to provide printed objects with an increased dimensional appearance. The effects that can be achieved are endless when using different combinations of varnish, paper, and ink.
Besides design effects, another important aspect of varnish is the protection it provides. A coating of varnish over a printed piece protects it from the wear and tear that is part of every day handling, allowing the document to remain intact for a longer period. An all-over coat of satin varnish will protect the printed surface without drawing attention to the fact that varnish was used for protection purposes.
A disadvantage of varnish is that many of them are solvent-based. Solvent-based means that they emit VOCs while they are being applied, which can be a health hazard for the press operator unless the proper safety precautions are followed. Another disadvantage is that varnishes tend to yellow over time if they are formulated with tung or linseed oil. Varnishes with alkyd formulations will not yellow, but they are not as glossy or as hard as tung or linseed oil.
The use of varnishes on print applications should be planned early in the design process. They should not be applied as an afterthought in order to try to cover-up a poor choice in paper, ink, or design.
Aqueous Coating
An aqueous coating is usually applied during the printing process and can be applied as an all-over coat or in patterns or spot coatings. Like varnishes, an aqueous coating offers protection for the printed document and provides numerous effects for print applications. Aqueous coatings are available in gloss, matte, and satin finishes. Among the advantages that aqueous coatings have over solvent-based varnishes is that they will not yellow over time and they are less toxic and emit fewer VOCs.
UV Coating
UV coatings come in a liquid or paste form and remain as a liquid or paste until exposed to ultraviolet light. The printed page is covered with the UV coating and is then exposed to the UV light, which causes photoinitiators within the coating to immediately react, creating a hard protective finish. Ingredients called monomers give the coating its gloss and hardness characteristics. UV coating, which is also known as an Energy Curable coating, provides the best surface properties and protection for printed surfaces. Some benefits of UV Coating include:
- Greater opacity, Color stability, Deeper and more vibrant colors and color tones.
- Sharper graphics, Higher gloss, Uniform surface to give labels a more vibrant look.
- Scuff resistance, Instantaneous curing, Allows for in-line die cutting.
- Chemical resistance, Better outdoor endurance.
- Environmentally safe - No VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) are produced.
EB Ink / Coating
Like UV inks/coatings, EB (Electron Beam) is an energy curable coating, but it is hardened with the use of a concentrated beam of high energy electrons. EB inks/coatings do not contain photoinitiators because the high energy electron beam is all that is necessary to cure the surface.
Other Coatings
Other types of coatings include clay coatings to add strength and gloss to paper, whitewash coatings which are used as a finish coat for such items as Kraft paper, and grease resistant coatings used on applications for industrial and scientific uses.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Famous Printing Processes
There are many printing processes and methods to finish your printing project. Discover the range of printing methods and when to use which type of printing process that fit with your printing cost. Sometime you must choosing a way for your printing business works or for your own printing need.
Digital / Desktop Printing
Desktop printing is important to desktop publishing. It was primarily the introduction of both the Apple LaserWriter, a PostScript desktop printer, and PageMaker for the Mac that kicked off the desktop publishing revolution. Inkjet and laser printers are the most common type of desktop printers and are generally used for personal small volume printing and proofing.
Laser / Digital Printers
Speed and lower operation costs make laser printers attractive to many businesses. Color lasers can be found at service bureaus and printers and are often used to produce high-resolution color digital proofs. Adobe PostScript capabilities found in many laser printers make them popular with graphic designers and desktop publishers who often utilize EPS images and PostScript files.
For quality comparable to a high-end laser printer, the Xerox DocuTech printer offers toner-based digital printing for short runs and print-on-demand projects. There are both B&W and color DocuTech printers.
Digital Ink-based Printing
Some digital ink-based printing processes are used for desktop printers and others are normally used for higher volume business printing or by quick printers, inkjet being the most common. Currently, inkjet printing is the primary printer technology for home, home offices, and many small businesses.
Inkjet printers are inexpensive and produce good color output but can be slow. Best results are normally achieved when printing to specially coated inkjet or photo papers.
Dye-sublimation printers use high heat and solid dyes to produce photo lab-quality images and are favored by some graphic designers for high-end proofing and by some businesses who want to produce the best possible color materials in-house.
Solid ink printers are generally low-cost to operate, not requiring the more expensive inkjet papers to achieve good results. However, solid ink printing output is still not as high-quality as laser or inkjet printers.
Offset Lithography
Offset lithography is the most commonly used commercial printing process for the bulk of desktop publishing on paper. Offset lithography is used on both sheet-fed and web offset presses. The three primary differences in offset printing and desktop printing (such as inkjet and laser) are the colors of ink and the way the ink is placed on the paper as well as the type of printing machinery used to accomplish the task.
Flexography
Frequently used for printing on plastic, foil, acetate film, brown paper, and other materials used in packaging, flexography is also known as flexographic printing or flexo. Some typical applications for flexography are paper and plastic bags, milk cartons, disposable cups, and candy bar wrappers. Flexographic printing may also be used for envelopes, labels, and newspapers.
Gravure Printing
Gravure printing is commonly used for labels and packaging, competing against flexography. Photogravure is a process used mostly for fine art prints
Thermography is often used in place of the more expensive engraving process to produce wedding invitations, business cards, and letterhead with raised printing.
Letterpress printing is still used for some newspapers, books, and limited edition prints. Letterpress may also be used for printing business cards, letterhead, posters, and some forms but mostly replaced by offset printing and other processes.
Screen or silkscreen printing is popular for t-shirts but works for many other non-textile projects as well such as CDs, vehicle billboards, signs, and posters.
Stochastic printing may be used for some fine art prints.
Thermal autochrome printers are aimed primarily at digital photographers.
Thermal wax printers produce vibrant color but require very smooth or specially-coated paper or transparencies for best output. Thermal wax printing technology works well for businesses that need to produce large quantities of transparencies for colorful business presentations.
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Photo Enlargement Printing TIPS
Aphoto enlargement printing is an easy and fun way to display and enjoy your photos. A common mistake made by people in printing photo enlargements is the tendency to exceed the size capacity of their image. The result is a stretched image creating a blurry photo enlargement print. This printing tips will help you avoid common mistakes teach you to create excellent photo enlargement prints.
In order to maximize printing size, one must first understand the concept of dots per inch (DPI). A printing machine will place dots of ink onto paper to create an image and the quality of the image is determined by how many dots can be placed in a given amount of area. “Dots per inch” is the number of printed dots in a linear inch. To print photo enlargement, it is recommended that you do not reduce the number of dots per inch beyond 100 dpi. Professional photographers prefer to print their work at about 300 dots per inch, but the average point and click digital camera user would be satisfied with a print of 150 dpi. For the sake of this article, we will equate the pixels in a camera to a dot in printing and use the two terms interchangeably.
Most digital cameras that can be purchased in today’s retail electronics stores will produce between 6 and 12 megapixels. For demonstration purposes, we will choose 8 megapixels as our guideline. A standard 8 megapixel camera will produce a digital image that has the dimensions of 3456 x 2304 pixels (7,962,624 square pixels) at an aspect ratio of 3:2. (Aspect ratio is the ratio of the width of the image compared to the height of the image.) To calculate the maximum print size of this digital photo at 150 pixels per inch, we would divide the dimensions by 150 pixels.
Example:
3456 pixels/150pixels = 23
2304 pixels/150pixels=15.4
Using the example of an 8 megapixel camera, we see that 23x15.4” inches would be our maximum print size at 150 DPI.
However, it is not always necessary to maintain the photo quality printing requirement of 150 DPI. If your photo enlargement print is being viewed from several feet away, we are able to drop the DPI lower. This is because the human eye begins to blur the dots as viewing distance grows. We experience this effect on a daily basis as we drive. For example, billboards are printed at much lower resolution, because of the great distance at which they are viewed. It is not uncommon for billboard printers to print their images at 10 or 20 DPI! If your print is hanging high over a mantle or on a high wall in a room with vaulted ceilings, there is no reason to print at high resolutions. From this distance, even 100 DPI would create a stunning image.
Use the chart below as a reference when calculating image DPI and distance of viewing.
Under 2’ feet distance = 300 PPI
2’ to 3’ feet distance= 200 PPI
3’ to 5’ feet distance = 125 PPI
5' to 10' feet distance = 100 PPI
Always consider these key factors in photo enlargement printing: number of megapixels your camera can create, size of print you wish to create and the expected viewing distance. Knowing these factors will help you calculate the maximum size of your print while maintaining excellent photo quality.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Booklet Printing Machine for Self Publishing
A right choosing of Booklet Printing Machine for starting self publishing business is the speed and the overall return of investment. There are several things you have to take when you choose a machine for booklet printing as for independent publishing works.
Below are some guidelines you should remember as you shop:
Choose the fastest that you can find: In the printing business works the speed of your printing machine is an integral part in scheduling the printing tasks you have on the docket. In general a faster a printing machine goes the better printing. But this concept may vary from each printing type. For booklet printing, it is safe to find the fastest booklet printing machine possible that you can find. A full color booklet can be relatively small and light so machines can produce them more quickly than fully fledged novels. The faster you can send your booklets out. The more self publishing business you can take in by having time for another printing task.
Compatibility with standard paper sizes:
This is easy enough to understand. When you want to choose a machine for booklet printing it must accept the standard paper printing sizes that you will need to put in. Most booklet printing machines should accept the letter size which is 8.5 by 11 inches and a larger poster sized paper which can be folded like the letter size. If the machine can handle more that these paper sizes than it might be worth the investment to buy it. If you don’t have the budget however, just stick to the ones that have the standard letter and poster size. For small color booklets, those are the sizes that matter.
Booklet Thickness:
Some booklet machines have a maximum thickness that it can deal with before it cannot operate. Take this into account when choosing the machine. Consider what jobs you may expect. If you have jobs that need booklets numbering more than 50 pages, you might want to invest on one that can handle the load even if it is more expensive.
Locations of the staples:
Stapling locations can determine the quality and durability of the custom booklets that you may be making. The more stapling locations, the better quality booklets you produce. Take note of the stapling locations on the booklet machines you may be browsing. Look at the number, and ask if these can be adjusted. Ask yourself what your possible jobs will be, and if quality is your primary concern or a more affordable machine.
Always remember these guidelines when you’re out shopping for your booklet printing machine. It will help you and your booklet printing company once those booklet orders come piling up.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Security Inks for Printing Business
The Security Inks used by printing business are many different types available that work as security features to help protect sensitive documents which are printed on security paper from being altered or duplicated. They all add unique features to your document. You will want to select the ones that best fit your needs.
This security ink named Bleeding Ink prints in black but when exposed to any aqueous solution it will produce a red stain. Authenticity of a document can easily be tested without the use of any special agents. User can just wet a finger and run it across the ink to instantly see the affect of the bleeding ink. This ink is only available for use on dry offset printing.
The image printed from this ink is white or transparent. The image is revealed when the edge of a coin is rubbed over the ink. This provides for immediate verification of document authenticity without the use of any special devices. Coin reactive ink cannot be scanned or copied. This ink is available for use with wet or dry offset printing and flexographic printing.
Erasable ink is used on the background of a document so that when an attempt is made to erase information, the ink rubs off in that area. The ink will also react in the same manner as solvent/chemical reactive inks do, giving you two security features in one. Erasable inks are used on scenic or pantograph backgrounds on checks and certificates. This security ink is not recommended when imprinting a document through a laser printer. The high temperatures associated with laser printers will cause problems within the printer when erasable ink is used. Erasable ink is available for wet or dry offset printing.
A transparent ink that becomes visible with the use of a special felt tip pen. The use of the pen is necessary to verify authenticity but can also be used to void a document that is no longer in use. Pen reactive ink is available for dry offset printing.
Heat reactive-irreversible ink is colorless when printed. When it is exposed to heat between 185°F (85°C) and 212°F (100°C), sharp color appears and does not disappear once the temperature is lowered. This security inks feature helps protect documents or sealed envelopes from being tampered with by the use of steam or heat. Heat reactive-irreversible ink is only available for use on dry offset presses.
Infrared visible inks are available in readable and disappearing ink. When printed they can look the same but when viewed under infrared light, one will be readable and one will disappear. One example of using these two inks as a security feature would be to print a bar code using both inks. Print the actual readable area of the bar code with the infrared readable ink and other areas of the bar code with the infrared disappearing ink but making it look like a regular bar code. When read by a bar code scanner, only the infrared readable is read by the scanner. If a forger tries to duplicate the bar code as it looks on the printed document, using regular inks, the bar code would be rejected when read by the scanner because the scanner would read the entire bar code. Visible infrared ink is available for wet or dry offset printing.
The color of optically variable ink changes when viewed from different angles. The special effect from this scurity inks type cannot be duplicated by a scanner or copier. A small area of a document could be printed in this ink to verify authenticity.
Penetrating inks contain a penetrating red dye that goes into the fibers of the paper and will show through to the back of the document. Penetrating inks are commonly used on the arabic and MICR numbering of negotiable documents to deter forgers from trying to scrape the number off from the document. If the number is scraped off the red stain remains on the document. Also, if these documents are duplicated, the reproduction could be easily spotted by checking for the appearance of the red stain on the back of the document. Penetrating inks are available for letter press or wet offset printing.
Photochromic ink can be colored or colorless. When it is exposed to UV light it instantly changes colors. Once the source of UV light is removed it will change back to its original color. The unique security inks of photochromic ink cannot be reproduced by a scanner or copier. The authenticity of a document with photochromic ink on it can easily be checked by exposure to sunlight, UV lights or other strong artificial lights. This ink is available in wet or dry offset and flexographic printing.
This security inks type reacts to solvents or chemicals, such as bleach, alcohol or acetone. The solvents or chemicals are used by a forger to wash away or alter information on a document. When exposed to the solvents or chemicals, these inks will run, change color, or cause a stain to develop. Tampering is easily detected when chemicals or solvents are used on these inks. Solvent/chemical reactive inks are available for wet or dry offset printing.
Thermochromic ink changes color when exposed to heat and then changes back to its original color when cooled. When an area of a document is printed with thermochromic ink, it can easily be tested for authenticity by holding or rubbing the area between fingers to activate the color change. This security inks cannot be reproduced by a copier. Thermochromic ink is available for wet or dry offset printing and flexographic printing.
When water fugitive ink comes in contact with water or any aqueous type of solution, it will run and stain the document. If a forger tries to wash away an image it would be very obvious. Water fugitive ink is available for dry offset printing.
UV invisible fluorescent ink is transparent white or colorless and can only be detected under ultraviolet light. If a portion of a secure document is printed with this ink, it can be quickly checked for authenticity by viewing under a UV light. This security inks cannot be reproduced on a scanner or copier. This ink is available for wet or dry offset, flexographic and gravure printing.
Presentation Folder Printing as Marketing Tool
The presentation folder printing gives the colorful presentation of folders you require throughout your business presentations. These printing tips of printing business companies could give you many advantages of presentation folder printing. You'll be definite that the folders you sent out will be of best quality all the time.
Business Presentations are chances that will prevail your clients over. It is the option to induce them and turn them into your business associates. Part of this is presentation folders that improve your presentation yet in its own little way. Ensure that you have not anything but top-notch presentation folder printing company in your group. Presentation folders succeed a jiggle from your business partners and customers as it trimmings your business documents making it more elegant and well-prepared for. Presentation folders support by printing company also systematize all print writing that may comprise business cards fly sheets and into an easy to carry, single package for your clients.
Nevertheless presentation folders perform more than just take your print literature. Actually, it is also a bright marketing tool that fit in your company's identity or brand. Successful business appearance does not merely rely exclusively on the information and the message you wish to communicate. Presenting winning sales field is how you do it. It is by means of the implementation that can further influence your clients.
Here are some illustrations on you can be expecting from the services of an expert printing business company:
Presentation folder quality
A grand deal of presentation folder printing depends upon the excellence of the printing itself and the resources used. With the assistance of a professional folder printing company, you can organize an efficient and good-looking presentation kit that will surely make an impression. Printing corporations make use of a high-grade 14pt. wrap stock to create folders that are durable. This similar material is also perfect for its softness and cloudiness makes it perfect for photo reproduction. Your details and images will be transferred in brightness and clearness.
Presentation folder design
Presentation folders are superb marketing tools. They readily support who your company and your brands are all about. A presentation folder helps out influencing clients about your level of confidence and professionalism. Excellent looking folders are a product of superior design. In fact you can contact a graphic arts designer to assist you with your folder. Or you may perhaps try designing it online by just logging on a print website and utilize their templates.
Full color printing
No other type of printing option is able to produce high quality prints superior than full color printing. Joint with a group of expert staff, this modern printing process will help out to exchange your folder designs into high quality folder prints. Only full color printing has the absolute system to essential to produce realistic image and photo quality printed on the folders. So you can obtain to enjoy vivid and exciting colors for your folders and make a stunning first impression on your clients.
Put in order your corporate, marketing, product and service literature in custom-printed presentation folders. Not only will it provide your business a marketing edge but also it will lift the values on how your company makes business relations for all others to follow.
Office Stationery Printing - How to choosing one
Choosing printing over your office stationery builds your image and make you a special one from your competitors. Digital printing, color copies, offset printing, large format printing, custom printing that provided by printing business companies are the many types of printing tips that one can choose from.
You need to have one good printing over the brochures, visiting cards or business cards, letter heads etc. to have a good reputation among your clients and customers:
Business card printing
Business cards are not only a way to exchange your contact details but they mean much more. They represent your business and play an important part in creating an impression over the consumer. It is really important that your business card is well designed as well as printed well. The printing in the business card should be such that the graphics as well as text come out clearly. The colors look beautiful and appealing.
The paper used for printing also matters a lot. It is always good to use a paper with a glossy finish for printing your business card. Although choice of paper is always a matter of personal liking but glossy paper gives the right look to your card. Always keep in mind that business cards are actually a bit of your business that customers can hold. A well designed business card that has poor printing can ruin the look and appearance of the card.
Brochure printing
Brochures are an easy way to promote your business. They characterize your company. When printing a brochure for your company, it is important to take care of certain things. The first thing to be kept in mind is that you need to look for a professional who can give your brochure the right look that goes well with your business. Only a professional will take care of the minute aspects of brochure printing like using the correct fonts, proper layout, suitable resolution, correct scale of the text and graphics, paper quality etc. Good and sophisticated brochure printing can bring a new zeal in your business.
Online Printing companies
Gone are the days when you need to put in lot of effort to get a printing company. All the more you had to visit the printing office again and again for proof reading and finalizing things. Today with the advent of Internet, you can get good professional online printing companies that get your business stuff printed as per your needs. You get your printed stuff delivered right at your door step.
You can see the final appearance of your printed brochures, visiting cards or other office stationery and finalize the deal. You can track your assignments right from your office via emails and online responses from the printing company. The most important aspect of these online printing companies is that you get their professional services at reasonable prices. But it is worth spending a few more bucks and getting a good and reputed printing company rather than going for cheap printing options that lower your status in the market.
Laser Printer or Inkjet Printer - Best Buying Tips
If you decided to buy printer for your printing business or for home's using: Laser Printer or Inkjet Printer, firts you must selecting the type of them. You should check them out in their spesification, read clearly the printing tips provided.
These best buying tips could help you make the right decision in selecting the inkjet printer or laser printer that best fits your needs.
1> First decide what kind of documents you will print
Color, monochrome, text, graphics or photos. If you will print black text and won’t need color, you may want to go for a monochrome laser printer which offers the best text quality and speed. But if you’ll print high resolution photos you may want an inkjet printer which offers the best photo and graphics quality. If you want true photo quality outputs, go for the photo inkjet printers that specialize in photo printing.
2> Inkjet printers may seem affordable, but consider the cost of ink cartridges.
Before you buy your inkjet printer, you can check the prices and yields (number of pages ink cartridge prints> of the ink cartridges and find out an estimate monthly cost according to the number of pages you will print in a month. Also, most inkjet and laser printers do not come with a printer cable that connects the printer to the computer. Include printer cable cost in your budget.
3> Laser printer toner cartridges prices will be higher than inkjet cartridges prices.
But toner cartridges last much longer which makes their cost per page less in the long term.
4> Bear in mind that the speeds stated by the printer manufacturers are often higher than real life speeds.
A typical inkjet printer print speed may vary between 1 to 28 ppm for black text and 1 to 20 ppm for color photo or graphics. A mid-range monochrome laser printer’s print speed may vary between 6 to 25 ppm for sharp black texts and 2 to 20 ppm for black & white graphics. A typical color laser printer’s print speed will vary between 6 to 20 ppm for black text and 1 to 12 ppm for color graphics.
5> If you print a large number of documents each month, make sure the inkjet or laser printer’s monthly duty cycle is high enough to cover your needs
6> Don’t spend extra money on some special features that you may not need.
For instance if you are a home user you may not need a laser or inkjet printer with an Ethernet port (most monochrome laser printers have Ethernet ports).
7> Check the connectivity specs (USB port etc) of the printer.
Make sure the laser or inkjet printer is compatible with your computer.
8> Some laser or inkjet printers come with enough memory to print anything you’ll need.
These printers do not allow printer memory upgrades. Others that do allow memory upgrades may not come with all the printer memory you need. So check if the inkjet or laser printer has enough printer memory for the types of documents you will print.
9> Choose a laser or inkjet printer with enough paper capacity, so you won’t have to keep adding paper
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Benefits of Reusable Bag Printing
What are the benefits of having a reusable bag? These printing tips would open your mind to think about. There are many but for example if the bag is a printed cotton bag, then they can be sturdier than your common paper bag or plastic bag, with less worry about it breaking when carrying something heavier.
Then there are the huge commercial benefits with company branding designs placed conveniently on the bag wherever the retailer desires and you have yourself some of the most affordable advertising available. Billboard and sign advertising is very costly and often businesses can’t afford to pay for that level of exposure.
If then printing business companies either give their new printed cotton reusable bagsaway with purchases or charge a small fee for them, the benefits are obvious. Lots of happy shoppers walking up and down the town centre with your logo emblazoned all over their bags, reaching places billboards can never reach.
This evidence alone should convince environmentally minded retailers and consumers that the transfer to reusable bags is both a healthy one and a potentially profitable one, as apparently the production and cost of these reusable bags is very economical.
In the long term reusable printed cotton bags will cost less per bag than the proposals planned for in store plastic bags. Common sense tells us that this can surely be the only way forward with regards to this issue and there are numerous websites that specialise in printing and producing these cotton reusable bags, many of them offering a huge selection of styles, colours and designs.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Digital Printing Card TIPS
Digital printing means reproducing digital images. It can be done with the help of a digital printing press on surface like common paper, film, cloth etc. The machine can take the digital files from computer and print them.
There are also certain tips that must be followed in this process:
The first one is the choice of paper for printing. There are different types of paper used by companies and it is very necessary to check with the printing press company that will be doing the job. The overall finishing, contrast will depend upon the quality of paper.
While using printing media, you must wear cotton gloves and always keep printing media away from dust and don’t use oils, paints for it.
Lamination is recommended for some outdoor or indoor functioning and it provides protection from harmful UV rays or pollution.
Enough time should be given for drying and it depends upon the media and on the environmental conditions.
The temperature of print media and the laminate is same and the minimum application temperature is +10°C and the cold lamination films on motor-driven squeeze roll will give better results as compared to others.
For full protection, store unprinted media in a plastic cover. The choice of ink is also very important; such jobs require oil-based heat- or thermal-resistant inks that will survive 400° Fahrenheit without spreading.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
TIPS for Plastic Card Printing Tools
Plastic card is necessary for your school or for a small business you own. If you have been paying another company to print your ID cards, then you probably understand how costly this procedure can be. It’s also demanding to obtain the cards printed precisely based on your desire. It can be an exasperating process if the cards turn out to be inappropriate or with even a small flaw. Although you correct the mistakes free of charge, you should be patient enough to wait to have them reprinted and to be send out.
Learning to print your own plastic card is truly an advantage. You can have a great deal of this anxiety and stress out of the printing process. If you print them yourself, you can control over your cards directly, according to your desire styles, their size and more. If you print one and it meet your expectations, you can go instantly to your machine and simply try again.
Printing ID cards with your own card printer is a simple task. It just simply connects your printer to your computer and it will print out the same way like your paper printing machine. Plastic card printer prints your image on plastic instead of printing it on a piece of paper.
If you want to print your own plastic cards, there are certain pieces of tool which are capable of doing the job correctly. Here is some of that useful hardware for your plastic card printing project:
Ribbons
It is the same as your paper printer needs ink ribbons or ink cartridges, and so your card printers as well. Ribbons for your card printers are created uniquely for printing on cards, and help you obtain the job done in a precise manner. In this way, you can have professional quality cards, printed right in your own home or office.
Laminates
Laminating is very essential in protecting your card, especially with ID cards or badges that are used on a regular basis. There are different ways to achieve lamination however one of the simplest is buying laminates which is appropriate for the cards like sleeves and help to protect them and make them lasting.
Cleaning Kits
Proper maintenance is very important to keep your card printer working accurately and help to last for a long time. To achieve the best from your machine, you should purchase cleaning kits that will help to keep it operating at utmost performance.
PVC Cards
You can buy PVC cards for printing on. There are many different designs, colors and qualities to choose from, but you have the liberty to find the perfect ones for your demands.
These are just some of the main pieces of card printer hardware you will need for printing your own ideal cards. However, this is not a comprehensive list and there are many other products that can help you reach your desire output in a simpler and easier process. It can also help you add other varieties of fashion and details to your printed cards.
So, grab your own plastic card printing tools for your perfect plastic cards! Do your own thing and style and be more creative and stylish through your own plastic printing equipments.
Friday, January 23, 2009
3 Tips For Digital Photo Printing
All the pictures we take that collecting photo for digital printing business, learning digital photo printing is essential. If we don't learn the best way to to do it then the pictures we print will look less than wonderful. Many people who still prefer to take traditional pictures with its limited number of shots available, and the expense of film and developing, do so because they claim that digital cameras just can't take pictures as good as a regular camera. But chances are, they're just not taking the best pictures they could, and they're setting everything up properly before they print.
Free online photo sharing services are excellent for letting you choose the photos you want printed without you having to actually do any of the printing work. But you'll want your photos to look fantastic before you order and pay for digital photo printing, so that you end up with a product that looks great. And if you're printing the photos yourself, you'll want good photos to work with to minimize your own frustration with the process, which can be daunting, especially if you've never done it before.
A number of things can lead to low-quality digital photo printing, not the least of which is taking poor pictures to start with. But assuming your photos aren't poor, there are some things you can do beyond learning to use your camera and following some basic good photography principles to take great shots.
Some digital shots can look fine even they're not the greatest quality. Digital photo printing, however, will show every flaw. There are ways to minimize and eliminate these flaws right from the start.
1> Take the highest resolution shots possible.
All but the most basic cameras offer choices in this area. For the highest quality digital photo printing, choose the highest resolution. For great looking wallet-sized photos, or larger album-sizes photos, up to a 5 x 7 print, use a resolution of at least 2 megapixels. For larger photos like 8 x 10, use a minimum resolution of 3 megapixels. These will make the shots sharper and clearer
2> Make sure your camera and your imaging software is set to save these photos in TIFF format.
While JPEG is common and great for photos you're putting online or sending through email, because it compresses the image and makes the file smaller, TIFF pictures are much larger because they retain all the detail in the photo. For printing, TIFF format is highly superior to JPEG, which loses the fine detail in the compression process.
3.>When you've downloaded your pictures on to your computer, use the software that came with your camera or a separate image program to enhance the photographs for the best digital photo printing experience possible.
Touch them up like a professional by removing red eye, blemishes and anything else you wish. Most photo programs have extensive instructions to help you do these things. You can change adjust the lighting in the picture, even alter the color a little, soften the edges and add any kind of special effects that appeal.
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