Foil printing get the gold /silver stamp

To get the gold /silver stamp, a foil layer is affixed to a certain material by a heating process. It isn’t too complicated of a process and getting the files ready are quite similar to uv-spot printing. See my guide on preparing files for print as a reference and talk with your printer about how to supply the files. Foil printing normally requires vector images and/or outlined fonts of what you want to have stamped.

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Printing Techniques: Silk Lamination/Lamination

Silk Lamination/Lamination

Silk lamination provides a soft, silk-like finish, is water-resistant and tear-resistant, and complements vibrant colors. Pieces are traditionally printed in full-color, like any regular business card, however one additional step is taken to get their unique texture — the cardstock is coated with a durable, weather-resistant, silk laminate
finish.

Lamination can be a liquid that dries to a tough gloss or dull surface, or it can be a film. Both adhere to the surface to protect it and give it a sheen or a muted effect. The effect could be glossy, dull, or even satin (a look that’s in between glossy and dull).

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The different about Embossing and dembossing

Embossing and dembossing are similar processes that create a different result. Both processes involve making a metal plate and a counter. The plate is mounted on a press and the paper is stamped between the plate and counter. This force of pressure pushes the stock into the plate, creating the impression.

Embossing produces a raised impression on your paper stock, while debossing creates a depressed impression.

Things to remember when designing for a piece that includes embossing/debossing:

• Be aware that embossing is a mechanical process that manipulates the paper stock, so by default, it will also manipulate your design.
• Set your type with more space between letters than usual. If you put them too close to one another, they can merge and become one element once the embossing has been done. Embossing makes design elements look smaller and reduces the sharpness of smaller items.

There are two ways you can emboss your work at home: dry embossing and heat embossing.

Dry embossing, also called relief embossing, is done by tracing a stencil with some paper over it with a special tool called a stylus to get the raised effect on it.

Heat embossing, also referred to as stamp and heat embossing, is done by stamping an image on a piece of paper, sprinkling powder over the stamped image, and then applying heat.

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In BOOK PRINTING PRE-PRESS TERMS

So you've received your quote and have logged in and submitted your files. Now just sit back and relax. Our staff will review everything about the job and confirm that we have what we need to produce your book and will contact you about payment methods and to iron out any final details as needed. Your job is then handed over to our pre-press department and they are left to work their magic. Within 48 hours, you will receive a PDF proof. Carefully review the file and when everything is in order, reply to the email that you received. That's it - now it's off to the press room.

PRE-PRESS TERMS:
Digital proofs: Proofs made by a proofing method such as inkjet, color laser, dye sublimation, or thermal wax to produce an approximation of the color to be expected in the final product. 

DPI: “Dots Per Inch”— The print industry standard resolution metric. For printing in China, image files should be 300 dpi. 

ICC Color Profiling: “International Color Consortium” profiling—A Universal color management specification created to allow color management across various platforms and vendors.

Live Area: The area inside the trim lines; The area of artwork intended to be included in the final work.
Bleed: Artwork which extends beyond the edge of the trim area of a print piece. The purpose of bleed is to safeguard against unsightly results that might otherwise be created should the piece be trimmed slightly beyond the intended trim area due to machine tolerance or human error. 

Color Separation: The process of separating artwork into the component printing colors to be used in production, most often the four process colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, for later recomposition on press. During separation, continuous tone artwork is broken down into tiny dots through the aid of line screens to be specified by the printer.

CMYK: “Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black”’—A color formulation standard used for print production. 

Creep: The phenomenon by which spreads in the middle of a thickly bound piece, especially bound by saddle stitching, often to “creep” out from the center fold line of the piece due to successive layers of spreads bound together. The result of creep may include the outer edges of middle pages being inadvertently trimmed off in an unattractive manner. Creep should be accounted for in pre-press by adjusting layouts either manually or via imposition software.

CTF: ‘Computer to Film’—A process by which color separations are made from computer to Film, from which printing plates are then burned using a refined photochemical process. Advantages include the control afforded by seeing wet proofs made from film, examining films for problems with Moïre patterns and Overprints, the ability to strip in or strip out corrections or remake films affordably, and—In China—lower cost. Disadvantages include the potential loss of quality due to one additional transfer step and the extra time required to make films.

CTP: ‘Computer to Plate’— The process by which color separations are made directly to printing plates from digital files, without the aid of an intermediary step. Advantages include quality afforded by eliminating the intermediary step, speed and convenience. Downsides may include an inability to identify problems with Moïre patterns and Overprints, the usual omission of accompanying wet proofs, which might allow identification of costly mistakes before press time, and—in China—higher cost.

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