Each profession has specialized terms, intended to name different methods or materials that only those involved know what they mean. The printing industry also uses many terms and is quite commonly used by everyone. If your current work is related to the printing or design industry or you want to learn more about printing then you should understand the terms below. It will help you have an overview of the current printing industry.
1. Printing paper material
- Crystal paper: has a glossy surface almost covered with glossy glue, the other side is rough, often used as an intermediate between Bristol paper and couche depending on the purpose required. product.
- Coffee paper: is a type of paper used for printing that is usually glossy, smooth, glossy, very eye-catching and bright (so reflective paper, glare when catching light). Used to print advertising leaflets, catalogs, posters, brochures… Quantities are about 90-300g/m2. There is also Couche Matt, which is similar but does not reflect light, often used to print high-end magazines.
- Duplex paper: has a smooth surface and is almost as glossy as Bristol, the other side. dark as paper mache. Often used to print product boxes of quite large size, requiring rigidity, and certainly because the quantity of Duplex paper is usually over 300g/m2.
- Ford paper: is the most common type of paper today, The most common types of paper used in photocopiers are A4 papers with good roughness, good ink adhesion.
- Bristol paper: Has a slightly glossy, smooth, glossy surface. Both sides, moderate ink adhesion, so offset printing will be beautiful, Bristol paper is often used to print soap boxes, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, shirt covers, brochures, business cards, flyers, posters, wedding cards, cards invite… commonly used quantification from 230 – 350 g/m2.
- Ivory Paper: The surface is slightly glossy and smooth, but only one side is smooth, the other side is smooth. rough, non-smooth surface is usually on the inside of the product – the inside of the box. (Paper used for food packaging usually has to be tested for food safety when used as a box, food packaging).
2. The steps when printing or designing any products such as designing paper bags or paper boxes require the following steps:
- Commentation: locating, arranging printed pages on a zinc plate, so that it is scientific and most accurate. The purpose of this is so that after printing, we can arrange the order of the pages according to the original position without causing difficulty in the arrangement process.
- Laminating. gloss: is the process of rolling plastic into the product by heat to create a glossy surface on the finished product. Publications that use glossy lamination are usually book covers, business cards.
- Bear: forming a line in the paper to easily fold into a complete shape.
3. Printing techniques
- Offset printing: is a modern printing technique that uses ink printing images pressed onto offset plates and then pressed onto paper.
- Silkscreen printing: refers to the name when the screen plate of the printing mold is made of silk.
- Digital printing: is a method of printing directly from the image. Digital photos to diverse media save time compared to traditional printing. Digital printing includes two basic methods: laser printing and inkjet printing
In addition to the above basic terms, there are many other terms such as: needle press, cotton board, zinc plate, UV lamination, CMYK, etc…
The above are just the most commonly used terms to help you understand the meaning of their names. Hopefully, the above terms will be useful to you while learning what is related to the packaging printing industry. If you want to work in the field of printing and design, you should learn more deeply to your advantage.
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