![]() Our printer is a special kind that can do basic 3d printing but basically its a 4 colors printer with some add-on to print in 3D and do basic printing as well. We use this for our fliers and some ads for standout graphics(our company). this is for magazines and colored news papers. (not recommended)Ĥ colors - all the colors plus black for colored printing. preferably 2 shades of black or a different color like magenta and black for pictures with shadows (I don't use this kind cause Its hard to use and has the same cost as 3-4 color)ģ colors - for color printings (cyan,magenta and yellow) It can print black but it would cost much ink because it would have to mix all the colors heavily to make black. One color - black is preferred for classifieds and for basic printings -preferably text only or black and white printing.Ģ colors - to provide contrast to the field. So if you dont have the experience behind you, I'd strongly suggest NOT making the big investment, get out the yellow pages I remember one job we printed that never made it out the door, printing was beautiful, boss came in as it was on the muellur, said scrap that job, needed water base coating on the cover. There are so many ways a commercial printing job can be rejected, ranging from wrong color to finished size of the knife, or folded wrong. I remember being fascinated as a teenager, watching presses run,dreaming that someday I would be at the controls with that confident smile of approval while admiring the finished product., well folks, it happened, but not without much sweat, back breaking labor, sleepless nights to meet delivery dates, disappointment because of un-for seen problems with different aspects of certain jobs. what have you go to lose?Īs I read the posts about different peoples experiences, its quite clear that I'm not alone that when I hear of someone attempting to start in this business, I feel pending disaster. If you can get your head round this lot in one go, then save up half-a-million-quid, spend it on some printing gear and have a bash at being a printer. In a box with a label on top.ĭo a google search for "dot gain", "litho blanket stretch", "halftone screening", "litho platemaking", "print trapping", "process and spot colour separation", "pre-sensitised platemaking", "raster image processing". They fail way more often than those who succeed.įranky, those of use who have taken the time to learn the printing trade find it a little insulting when people come along and think it's just a case of pressing a green button on a machine and hey-presto, printing comes out of it. It's a skilled job and many people decide it looks like an easy way to make money. I've been doing it for nearly 20 years (every aspect of the work from meeting the customer to delivering the order) and I still learn something every day. Sure, it looks simple to the onlooker but that's because the people doing it have learned how to do it over several years. See if you can work even for free for someone for a little while to get your feet wet before spending money on equipment. If you have the money for 3, you'd save up and get 4 so you can do process color.Ĥ colour means you can do process color in one pass with a unit for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.Īdding a perfecter in between units means you can do both sides in less colors or run straight to do process colors. Not many are doing process color on 2 colour machines over here with the cost of labour and how many 4+ colour presses are around with capacity.ģ colour would only be a specialty application like packaging - have never touched a 3 colour press. Still takes experience, has more waste, and time. ![]() Or you can run process color in two passes. In one pass, you can run black and spot color blue for accents or borders or graphic elements in one pass. You rely on color bars and experience.Ģ colour can be either a small press with shared blanket or two units. You don't see the result until all four passes are complete. If you wanted to do process color, and have a press with good registration and patience, you have to run the paper through in 4 passes. Or a spot color like blue or red or whatever. 1 colour means you're printing one color.
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