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H-Locks and Alternate Tuck-ins
What Do H-Lock and Alternate Tuck-Ins Have to Do with My Carton Box Packaging? Folded carton packaging is widely used across a variety of industries and products you see on shelves every day—from cosmetics boxes and health products to pharmaceuticals and general...
What is Creep?
What is Creep in Printing and how does it affect my Print Projects ? Simply put, creep is what happens when folded sections of printed work—such as magazines, brochures, catalogues or booklets (typically printed 8 or 16 pages up on a litho press sheet)—result in the...
What is C1S/C2S in Packaging?
What is C1S and C2S in Packaging Board? No matter the product—whether it’s perfume boxes, pharmaceutical boxes, or boxes for retail goods—packaging plays a critical role. Significant time, thought, and investment go into getting packaging right, often at a cost that...
What is Case Binding?
What is Case Binding? And is it the right binding method for my book project? By nature of the word “case” in case binding, it refers to the solid hard cover into which the inner pages are bound and protected. Case binding therefore describes both the final...
What is Glue or Perfect Binding?
What is Glue or Perfect Binding in Printing? Books, novels, softcover paperbacks, catalogues, annual reports, brochures, and virtually any multi-page print project all require some form of binding to keep pages together in a structured, professional format. A...
What is Paper Grain?
What is Paper Grain? and why it matters in printing Paper is manufactured from wood fibres and recycled paper that are turned into pulp. This pulp goes through various mechanical and chemical processes to break down the material, bleach it, form and press it, dry it,...
Using Rich Black
Using Rich Black in Commercial Printing Both litho and digital commercial printing use four colours, known as CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black), to create the millions of colours you see on a printed full-colour document.When black is printed on its...
What is Pre-Press?
What is Pre-Press in Printing? and why should I understand what it does? The step between receiving design files and actual printing is called pre-press. It is the “pre” stage of printing—hence the name. Although designers are expected to prepare files to...
CMYK vs RGB
What is CMYK and RGB? – and why are they different in the Print space? CMYK and RGB both refer to colour spaces (or colour models), but they are used for very different purposes. Understanding the difference is essential if you want your printed material to look the...