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Archive for the ‘Paper Coatings’ Category

Commercial Printing: Balancing Stellar Images and Readable Type

Sunday, March 20th, 2022

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A striking photo can transport you into another world, just like the ocean scene pictured above.

As with most other aspects of life, in commercial printing, ensuring optimal quality for photographs while maintaining the readability of type is a balancing act. (more…)

Book Printing: Paper Coatings Provide a Buffed Shine

Sunday, January 23rd, 2022

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Nothing signals quality like a high-gloss shine, whether it’s a fast car (“I can see myself in your Ferrari”) or even a print book cover.

That said, you have a lot of options if you’re designing a book or any other printed product. The underlying purpose of these coatings separates them into two categories: protection and aesthetics. (more…)

Choosing Between Printing With Uncoated Or Coated Paper

Monday, May 25th, 2020

Almost all companies will get to the point where they need to print information on paper for clients, customers, or other people to read. Printing companies are capable of printing quality collateral for other businesses in high quantities, making them more ideal in most situations than printing collateral with one’s own printer. (more…)

Custom Printing: Fooling the Eye with Cover Coatings

Sunday, November 3rd, 2019

A lot of good things in life involve fooling the eye. It’s what magicians do. Once you know the trick, it’s no longer magic. But once you know the secret, perhaps you appreciate something larger, such as the skill of the magician and the limits of human perception. (more…)

Commercial Printing: Thoughts on Added Paper Coatings

Monday, July 22nd, 2019

I received an email link to a commercial printing website this week. Being curious in matters of custom printing, I followed the link to a blog about this vendor’s options for cover coatings, or, more specifically, UV coating options.

This motivated me to do some more research into cover coating options. Here are a few things you might consider when specifying cover coatings. (more…)

Commercial Printing: Mixing Printing Paper Coatings

Monday, September 25th, 2017

Anytime you use the words “paper coatings” and “mixing,” you are in the realm of not just commercial printing but chemistry as well. Mixing can cause problems. Chemicals can be incompatible. But a good printer can usually come up with a work-around. (more…)

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