also offers a wide variety of distinctive printing and finishing options, such as the examples you see here. Please contact us for a consultation and print pricing on your next custom printing project. Photos do not adequately represent these effects. Request Samples to see the true effects. 4 Color Process Printing Also called full color printing, 4 color printing uses cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks (CMYK) to produce a crisp, accurate printed image. This is the standard printing process you find in publications and marketing materials. At PFL, our highly skilled experts use top-of-the-line Heidelberg printing presses for the highest quality results. How process printing works. Special inks with fine reflective metallic particles create a shine and luster you won't see in standard inks. Silver and gold metallics are most common, but metallic inks also come in bright blues, hot reds and burnished coppers. Metallic inks are a brilliant way to add pizzazz to your design or highlight a logo or headline.
In this example, we created the butterfly using silver/blue and gold metallic inks. Learn more about printing with metallic inks. Embossing uses a specially-made die under high pressure to form a raised three-dimensional impression that allows you to literally feel the design. It is a graceful effect that brings a touch of class to your piece. Embossing can be used on its own or in combination with 4-color printing or foil stamping (as we did for the words "Special Printing Effects" below.) Learn more about using custom embossing options. A heated die fuses the foil onto the paper, bonding the design to the surface. Hot foil stamping adds shimmer and texture to highlight specific text or images. Gold, silver, and other metallic colors can be used, as well as clear and holographic foils. In this sample we have used a blue foil to accent the 4-color image.See more samples and learn more about using hot foil stamping. Embossing and Foil Stamping Die cutting lets you create a limitless range of contours - from unconventional corners to perfect circles to the outline of an image or logo.
provides a tactile and visual edge to distinguish your piece. Watch a die cutting video, see more samples and learn more about using custom die cutting. Pantone Spot Color Inks The Pantone Matching System® (PMS) is the most widely known and trusted brand of spot color available. Pantone colors encompass a wide color gamut, allowing you to print hues that can't be perfectly reproduced using 4-color process inks. The butterfly was printed with PMS 286. Learn more about using spot colors. Varnish comes in gloss, satin, and dull finishes. One interesting use of spot varnish is to put dull varnish on a 4 color image, giving it contrast against a gloss background. Or do the reverse: here we used gloss varnish to make the 4 color butterfly pop off the dull/matte paper. You can also add varnish to create a subtle rendering of images or larger text.Learn more about varnish and press coating options. Design Creative Media is not your average printing company. We are a web based printing solutions company.
What sets us apart from other printing companies is that we partner with the very best trade printers that specialize in the type of printing your business requires. This means your print projects are printed on the latest equipment engineered just for your type of printing requirements. The end result is high quality printing at prices that will surprise you. See below to learn more about why our printing quality is better and a lot less expensive than most printers today or contact us to start your free printing estimate. Can we order printing if we have artwork created by another designer? The average printing project takes between 5 and 10 business days to be printed and delivered. This can vary because all jobs are unique and the timeline depends on many things. Mostly its the scale of the project and its complexity. During the request a quote stage it is important to indicate the date when you need your print project completed. On most projects we can speed up the printing process and or delivery.
Please take a look at our FAQ page or contact us and we will do our very best to help you. ORDER PROCESSThe start and finish and everything in between. The first step is to contact us by filling in our free request an estimate form found here. Try to give us as much information about your print project as possible. If your unsure of what you need, complete the form as best you can. If you have artwork already created, partially created or similar in style, please upload them as a pdf or image file. This will help us understand your requirements better. After we receive your request an estimate details we will email you an estimate. We will contact you if we require more information or if we have suggestions that will be beneficial to you. Once the estimate has been approved and Design Creative Media receives the final print ready files, we will email you an invoice. This invoice will contain our offline and secure online payment options. Please keep in mind that only after we receive full payment confirmation, will the printing start.
Your print project will be printed and delivered to your address. IT’S IN THE DETAILSThings to consider before requesting an estimate.For us to give you an accurate estimate, we need to know the details of your print project. Below are some questions to consider when requesting custom printing. The finished size of your print project. Do you require your project to be printed in full colour, black & white or will special spot colours be used? How many pages are in your print project? Are they single sided or printed on both sides? How many printed items do you need? If you are unsure about the quantity or you want to see the different price breaks, please supply 3 different quantities and we will include 3 different prices. As with most things the more your order the more economical the individual pieces become. How your print project will be used is very important. Will they be for indoor or outdoor use? Exposed to direct sunlight? Do people need to write on them?