Idioteex » Printing http://idioteex.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:59:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Sticker Printing http://idioteex.com/2010/04/sticker-printing/ http://idioteex.com/2010/04/sticker-printing/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:56:39 +0000 admin http://idioteex.com/2010/04/sticker-printing/

The sticker is an object which is usable either from one side or from two sides. It is an out class promotional item. The history of sticker will lead us to a process of art and design. The Era of the stickers started from the Egyptians marketing products and tools. Further the trend started in the defense military of the British. In earlier days a colorful gum paper was made and being pasted in the require position. In a simple album of knowledge we must say that a piece of one sided gum which has a communication message on one side which either may be a marketing tool, advertizing tool or business tool. Sticker is the cheapest way to communicate with some one or advertize. Infect it is also a decoration item for the houses, romantic purposes, lifestyle ideas, feelings, thoughts, imagination, humanity, prosperity, transfer of ideologies. In the modern Era it is the part of our calligraphy, Art & Design, Fine Arts, culture and fun. The sticker can be a role part of the communication in the respective matters like: Fun, humor, cartoon, games, news, advertizing, chats, decoration, windows, panels, wallpapers, templates, and websites. It’s an only compatible product which has no fix size. It may be as small as like a pixel and as large as like a big sign hording of a multinational company. Using self-adhesive pre-perforated sticker sheets sticker artists can easily design and print thousands of stickers at low cost using just a printer connected to a personal computer.

 

Types of Stickers:

 

Stickers are classified as in the following delighted forms:

 

Bumper Stickers

 

Bumper stickers involve the category of huge and large one like Wall stickers, Car stickers, Family sticker, Photo Sticker and Poster sticker. The have vast verity in order to improve the slandered of a decorative item.

 

Die-Cut Stickers

 

They are the most famous and attractive type which has no fix size, shape and quality. They are available in different styles mostly in attractive style. They have a vast message to contemporize our business and marketing. They have also a vast attraction for the children in the format of cartoons.

 

Static Cling Stickers

 

Those stickers which are reusable again and again on glass and glossy material like cars and home mirrors. There best quality is that they are in different shapes and reusable. In majority purposes they are used to exposure the sales and profit generating business.

 

General

 

Stickers are available in three stocks:



Sticker paper stock

Vinyl stock

Static cling stock

 

The color policy that we use in sticker printing is referred as CMYK. Two types of lamination are available in stickers, the glossy lamination and matte lamination. Glossy look is stylish look and matte look is for decent look.

 

 For more information visit: http://www.emanprinting.com/sticker-printing.php

 

 

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Printing Glossary And Terminology http://idioteex.com/2010/01/printing-glossary-and-terminology/ http://idioteex.com/2010/01/printing-glossary-and-terminology/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:49:51 +0000 admin http://idioteex.com/2010/01/printing-glossary-and-terminology/ The following is by no means all of the terms that you may come across when dealing with your printer. What we wanted to do here is provide you with many of the most common terms so you can understand the catalog printing process better. Many of these terms are ones that you will not have to deal with at all as most catalog printers offer full service.

Bleeds: This is where your design calls for the ink to go all the way to an edge of the page. To determine the number of bleeds you have to count all of the edges the ink goes to. In other words, your page has a top, a bottom, a right, and a left edge. Each edge your ink will go to is one bleed.

Bluelines: This is a proof of your catalog on film that is used to verify that everything is correct.

Camera Ready Art: This are not your photographs. Those will be photographed as half tones. (See glossary term, Half Tones) This is about your artwork. It has to be provided to the printer on a board or paper ready to be photographed. If there is more than one color, each color has to be on a different sheet of paper or board piece. You should also include the composite where all of the colors are on one paper or board so the printer knows what the outcome should look like.

Color Key: This is an acetate film proof of your catalog. Each color is produced on a separate sheet, then laid over each other to make sure everything is in the right place. This method is generally less expensive than match print, but not as accurate. (See glossary term Match print.)

Composed Film: These are pieces of film that are ready to be stripped or put together with other pieces of film to make plate ready film. Plate ready film is used to make the plates your printer will print your catalog with.

Coverage Percentage: If your catalog has areas where there will be 100% ink coverage and you tell your printer, then they can use the correct press and processes to produce it for you.

Cover Ink: There are two types of ink to choose from for your cover. CMYK and PMS. If you are selling an industrial product you might use PMS, but for most products the cover uses the CMYK method for processing images.

Cover Stock: This is the heavier paper used for the cover of your catalog. It can also be used for the interior pages if you want to present your product better. High end products are usually sold in catalogs that use this higher quality paper throughout the catalog.

Design: The combination of everything from your photos to your fonts, layout, logos, artwork, and all to produce a piece that is ready to photograph and print.

Die Score or Cut: This is the method used to crease where your catalog will be folded. If your catalog has pockets this is the method your printer would use to “score” the crease where the folds are needed.

Emboss: This is where the printer creates a die and stamps your paper from the rear to make a shape stand out. This can be raised print or a logo, etc.

Foil Stamp: This is where your printer creates a die that is used to stamp metallic gold, silver, or other colored material onto your catalog pages or cover.

Fold Type: Whether your catalog will be folded in half from top to bottom, folded left to right like a magazine, or tri-folded like a brochure.

Half Tones: This is where the printer takes the photos you want in your catalog and scans them or shoots them with a camera that has a honeycomb lens. This converts your photograph to an image made up of many tiny dots that allow for correct printing of the photos.

Match Print: For high end product catalogs, this is the recommended method. Each piece of film contains one of your colors, then they are laminated together to make a single piece ready for printing. If the accuracy of the colors is important to you, then this choice is best.

Number of Pages: The number of pages you choose for your catalog. This is always in multiples of four.

Output Film: To rip your digital files and produce your art as film that is ready for print.

Output Ready Disk: This is a disk you provide to your printer as a complete product. The only thing they need to do is convert it from digital to analog film. The disk should contain a separate folder for images and one for fonts.

Perfect Binding: This is a binding process normally used for high-end product catalogs or catalogs that will be over 80 pages.

Perforate: If you want to have tear outs such as coupons, you would instruct your printer to perforate the edges of the tear out.

Quantity: The number of catalogs you need to have printed. The larger the quantity, the less each catalog will cost to produce, so you may want to order a few more catalogs than you need. They can always be distributed elsewhere.

Reflectives: This is where the printer makes a print from your photographs or your negatives.

Saddle Stitch Binding: This is a binding process normally used for catalogs that will be less than 80 pages and to save money over the perfect binding method.

Scans from Transparencies: Scanning is the process that takes your transparency and records your images as a digital file.

Set Type: Laying out your type onto a page. This term also applies to the selection of the right font and typeface for your layout.

Spread or Flat Size: This is the size of the paper that will be used to print your catalog on. Once folded it will become the Trim Size. See glossary terms for Trim Size.

Text Ink: This is the type of ink and the number of colors you will choose for the interior pages of your catalog. The two types of inks you can choose from is CMYK and PMS. If you will be using photos, you will likely be going with CMYK. If everything is text and few images, your printer may suggest PMS.

Text Stock Paper: This is the lighter paper your interior catalog pages might be printed on if you are trying to save money or you are selling an industrial or low end product.

Trim Size Folded: This is the final size you want your catalog to be. For instance, if you want an 8 ½ by 11 catalog, the printer uses 17 x 11 paper to print it, then folds it in half so it becomes 8 ½ x 11. Trim Size Folded is the term the printer uses to ask you the final outcome size you desire. Always remember that the width is always given before the length or height.

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Printing Postcard Templates for Your Kid?s Book Store http://idioteex.com/2009/09/printing-postcard-templates-for-your-kids-book-store/ http://idioteex.com/2009/09/printing-postcard-templates-for-your-kids-book-store/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:20:17 +0000 admin http://idioteex.com/?p=87 Give a boost to your children’s book store with the use of creative and informative postcards. Postcards are an effective tool that you can use to market your business, and at the same time, promote education and learning to kids. You can utilize “>Corel Draw print templates to create attractive postcards. Corel Draw is a vector graphics editor that can help you in editing photos and images. Here are a few ideas that you can consider in using postcards to promote your book store:

Postcards can contain trivia about the important people, places, and events in the state. With the use of postcards, children can have additional knowledge about certain topics related to history, science, art, music and entertainment. You can put a short trivia on your postcards and put your reference below the information. You can encourage children to purchase a book from your store to learn the complete information of a specific trivia and other useful facts. You can add a perforation to your postcards. The perforation can be used as a discount coupon to allow children to purchase books, notebooks, crayons, pens and art materials at lower rates. Perforated postcards can also offer special promotions and freebies. Kids will just have to present the tear-off perforation to your store outlet for free books. Postcards can also be a pass or ticket to a small workshop that you have sponsored. This idea will allow children to experience fun and learning workshops for free. You just have to create full-color postcards to get the attention of children. Make your own design by getting print templates online.

For effective postcard marketing, you can utilize these ideas and give a boost to your business. Promote your children’s book store with the use of postcards. Postcards can help you in offering discounts, providing information, and encouraging kids to participate in fun-learning activities.

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