Print Format and Finishes Study Task 3

Print format and finishes 



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Coated and Uncoated 

Coated and uncoated paper stocks are easily distinguished by their appearance. 

A coated paper has a shimmer to its surfaces and will feel smooth and waxy to the touch, whereas uncoated papers appear matt and will feel rougher or grainier to the touch.

Die-Cut 

Die cutting is a manufacturing process used to generate large numbers of the same shape from a material such as wood, plastic, metal, or fabric.

It’s way of making a hole in paper in a desired shape using the same presses that we use for letterpress 

printing.

Emboss - Deboss 

Embossing is to raise an image up above the surface of the paper whereas 

debossing pushes the image down into the surface of the paper.

Either process can have color or can be blind i.e. without colour. Both embossing and debossing are produced on letterpress equipment and require film and metal dies to be made

Laminate 

The litho-laminating process is a means of creating corrugated board that has a high quality, litho printed surface.

The litho-laminating process can be sub-divided into three main types - inline, offline, and sheet to sheet.

Duplex 

Duplex printing is a feature of computer printers and multifunction printers (MFPs) that allows the automatic printing of a sheet of paper on both sides. 

Print devices without this capability can only print on a single side of paper, sometimes called single sided printing.

Foiling 

Foil stamping, typically a commercial print process, is the application of pigment or metallic foil, often gold or silver.

But can also be various patterns or what is known as pastel foil which is a flat opaque color or white special film-backed material, to paper where a heated die is stamped onto the foil.

Making it adhere to the surface leaving the design of the die on the paper.

Task 

With a focus on Stock, Substrate and ‘special’ Print Finishes find as many 

variants as possible for each of the following areas of Design: 

• Branding and Identity
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Packaging and Promotion 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Publishing and Editorial 

 

 

• Information and Wayfinding