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Common Printing Vocabulary, Printing Terms

Common Printing Vocabulary, Printing Terms  Book binding Chinese traditional thread sewing Paper cover binding Rich binding Costly binding Butterfly fold binding Scroll binding Accordion binding Ordinary binding Joint binding Rough binding Double leaved Book spiral binding Screw post binding Loose leaf binding Rounding back Saddle stitching Flat back Flat stitching Thread sewing Parallel thread sewing Across thread sewing Glue binding Perfect binding Wire side stitching Sew binding Plastic thread sealing Nole stitching two-up binding machine binding book block processing raking register signature folding assemble insert folded insert back baking collating ganging up nipping bundling covering tie up ruling slitting casing in knocking out the groove building in pasted board jog collecting cutting waxing brush back cutting brush glue bag making headbanding and lining makeready lettering dry reversal and pile decorative finishing laminating creasing calendering foil stamping register gilt

Shopping Paper Bag Printing Size, Regular Size, Printing Size

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  Shopping Paper Bag Printing Size, Regular Size, Printing Size 1) 155W x 210H x 55D (mm)    This is the smaller size we made usually, if you need to make it smaller than this size, please double check it with us. As, it's used for packing small items, not so heavy products usually. 2) 150W x 290H x 55D (mm)   This is the small size bag, it's used for packing standard size products, like A5 size books. If your product size is not too big, you can consider choosing size for your paper bags. 3) 195W x 280H x 60D (mm)   This is the normal size paper bag. It can be used to pack some standard size products like B5 size books. 4) 220W x 320H x 65D (mm)   This is the common size paper bag. It can fit the standard A4 size products. It's a better choice for packing most products. 5) 270W x 300H x 80D (mm)   This is the rarely used size, as it's for some products in special size, like the catalog with size 250 x 250 mm. 6) 300W x 240H x 70D (mm)   This is the bigger size paper ba

Color information you should know about while preparing the artwork for printing?

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Color information you should know about while preparing the artwork for printing?  Will the designer remember all the CMYK or RGB colors while preparing the artwork for printing? The answer is NO. There're so many colors, it's difficult to remember all of them. However, the designers always have the good sense of the colors. So, what should we do when we have to use the CMYK or RGB color for designing? RGB: It's the short form of (Red), (Green) and (Blue).  All the colors you see on the computer is mixing these 3 original colors. Actually,  RGB is a self-luminous color. You do not need the extra light to see them. For example, in our daily life, there's TV set, monitor, cell phone, PC, etc, all of them is with these three orginal RGB colors only. How come? It's impossible, as you see different colors on them. Yes, correctly, as there're 256 levels of color, from level 0 to 255 (0-255).They're showing 256 kinds of RGB colors, and mixing them together to show

Printing knowledge: Paper Characteristics

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Printing knowledge: Paper Characteristics  Basic Size and Basis Weight The basis weight refers to the weight in pounds of 500 sheets of paper when it has been cut to that paper's standard basic size. For example the basic size for Bond paper is 17 x 22 inches. If 500 sheets (a ream) of Bond is cut to its basic size of 17 x 22 inches and weighs 20 pounds, it is classified as 20 lb. bond. If a 17 x 22" ream of Bond paper weighed 24 pounds it would be called 24 lb. Bond, and so on. The chart below contains some common paper types and their basic size. Paper Type Basic Size Bond Ledger Offset Book Cover Index  Bristol Vellum  Bristol Printing  Bristol Tag 17" x 22" 17" x 22" 25" x 38" 25" x 38" 20" x 26" 25-1/2" x 30-1/2" 22-1/2" x 28-1/2" 22-1/2" x 28-1/2" 24" x 36" ISO Size Standards The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has established standards for paper sizes based on