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Multi-unit sheetfed offset press with a Pantone swatch fan and ink key console in the foreground while an operator inspects a press sheet

Spot Color vs Process Color: When to Use Each (...

The choice between spot color vs process color comes up on nearly every offset job, and getting it wrong costs money. Choose process when the job calls for spot and...

Spot Color vs Process Color: When to Use Each (...

The choice between spot color vs process color comes up on nearly every offset job, and getting it wrong costs money. Choose process when the job calls for spot and...

Screen printer pulling red ink across a screen onto a white T-shirt in a shop lined with ink buckets and racked screens

The Complete Guide to Screen Printing Ink Types...

Choosing the wrong ink for a job costs you more than a reprint. It can mean failed cures, poor wash durability, bad hand feel on a finished garment, or a...

The Complete Guide to Screen Printing Ink Types...

Choosing the wrong ink for a job costs you more than a reprint. It can mean failed cures, poor wash durability, bad hand feel on a finished garment, or a...

A hand writing on a carbonless form with the top white sheet lifted to reveal the canary copy underneath

How Does Carbonless Paper Work?

How Carbonless Paper Works? Carbonless paper, also called NCR paper (No Carbon Required), creates instant duplicate copies without a separate carbon sheet. Each set contains layers coated with micro-encapsulated dye...

How Does Carbonless Paper Work?

How Carbonless Paper Works? Carbonless paper, also called NCR paper (No Carbon Required), creates instant duplicate copies without a separate carbon sheet. Each set contains layers coated with micro-encapsulated dye...

Diagram comparing a 50% halftone dot on a printing plate with the same dot printing at 66% on coated paper for slight gain and 73% on uncoated paper for significant gain

What Is Dot Gain in Printing? Causes, Types & H...

If you have ever pulled a sheet off the press and watched your midtones go muddy, your shadows fill in, or your proofs and press sheets refuse to match, you...

What Is Dot Gain in Printing? Causes, Types & H...

If you have ever pulled a sheet off the press and watched your midtones go muddy, your shadows fill in, or your proofs and press sheets refuse to match, you...

Stack of blue-gray thermal aluminum CTP plates on a metal table in front of a platesetter

What Are Printing Plates? A Commercial Printer'...

Every sheet that comes off a commercial offset press passes through a thin piece of aluminum or polyester first. That piece is the printing plate, and it is where your...

What Are Printing Plates? A Commercial Printer'...

Every sheet that comes off a commercial offset press passes through a thin piece of aluminum or polyester first. That piece is the printing plate, and it is where your...

Screen printer pulling a squeegee across a mesh screen on a manual press over a black T-shirt, with exposed screens racked behind him

How to Start Screen Printing: A Practical Setup...

Screen printing is one of the most reliable ways to produce durable, high-volume prints on apparel, posters, signage, and industrial substrates. If you're figuring out how to start screen printing,...

How to Start Screen Printing: A Practical Setup...

Screen printing is one of the most reliable ways to produce durable, high-volume prints on apparel, posters, signage, and industrial substrates. If you're figuring out how to start screen printing,...