Heavy coverage. It is an expression you may hear from time to time in the printing industry. Sometimes it may come with a frustrated look from a pressmen, or you may hear it as a warning. Today we look at heavy coverage in printing, what it means, and how it can affect a printed piece….
For many who are new to dealing with commercial printers, the idea of overs and unders can be a strange one. It is easy to ask – How can a company deliver more or less than what was ordered? Today we take a look at what overs and unders are, and what they mean when…
In graphic design and printing, a knockout is the process of removing one color ink from below another to create a clearer image or text.
Are you sure you have the color you want? Are you sure it will look exactly the way you want it to? A drawdown is one way to make certain you know
RIP, or the RIP, or ripping a file. This is some printer’s lingo we use a lot around the shop. Here is a brief explanation of what it means. Thanks for giving us your file, we will give your design over to our prepress department, and they will RIP it and get it out. Okay,…
Paper Types – A word or two about text and cover. There are so many paper types that a person could go crazy trying to figure out what they all are and why they exist. There are hundreds of years of tradition involved with paper, and it might take a historian to clarify all the…
Understanding paper weights with GSM In printing and paper, GSM stands for Grams per Square Meter, and it’s a basic measurement to look at when you are choosing papers. GSM shows the weight of the paper, and in practical terms it is used to describe and understand the heaviness of a paper. The average copy paper in your…
Its a Trap! Well, not really, its just another in a series of posts about printers terms and tools here at cutpasteandprint. Today we are covering the term Trap as it’s used among printers. Trap, like bleed, is essentially a fail-safe, a way of preempting problems when dealing with all the various machines involved in…
Registration, tight, bad, off, or spot-on makes a big difference in the quality of your printed materials. Registration in printing is not about signing up for anything. Unlike every app you download, you don’t need to submit your personal information and a credit card just to get something printed. In printing, registration is the…
As part of the process of helping you get fantastic printed materials, we always offer a printer’s proof before we start printing. A printer’s proof is a final safeguard, that helps both our customers and ourselves from having to reprint anything. It also helps stop big and costly mistakes. A lot of times when we…
