Offset Printing
Craft Introduction
What is offset printing?
Offset printing, a type of the lithographic printing, is a printing method which transfers the graphics & text on the printing plate to the substrate using the rubber or rubber blanket.
Actually, the rubber blanket plays an irreplaceable role in this kind of printing. For example, it can make up for the unevenness of the substrate surface to let the ink fully transferred, and reduce the water transferred to the substrate( to avoid the the ink over-emulsification because of too much water, and the unnecessary loss), etc.
Its final printing is fine and has rich layers, which is suitable for the large-scale printing and has become one of the commonest printing methods in the card printing industry. Meanwhile, its printing equipment can also be used for other multiple purposes, so convenient!
According to different color requirements, the offset printing can be divided into the following 2 types:
Operation Details
Here are the operation details as follows:
1. Make a printing plates according to the design.
2. Evenly coat the printing plate surface with a thin layer of water (in fact, due to the selective adsorption of the surface of the plate, the graphic part will not be wet).
3. Apply the well adjusted ink to the printing plate, and only the graphic & text part can get ink because of the principle that water and ink are insoluble to each other.
4. The ink part will be transferred to the rubber blanket as the printing machine (eg. Heidelberg printer) works.
5. The ink part on the rubber blanket will be transferred to the substrate.
6. Printing is finished.
Attention Please
- The water can’t be too much to avoid the over-emulsification, or the printing effect will not be very good.
- The ink volume should be well handled to well match the water volume to make the final effect good.
Crafts Effect
- Its final printing effect is delicate and full of sense of layer.
- It isn’t raised or sunken, it is at the same level of the substrate, and you nearly can’t feel it when you touch it but can see it.
- It is not easy to fade away or worn out.
Full Color Printing
To Other Choice: Spot Color Printing
Applied to cards: PVC card, metal card, wood card, paper card, epoxy card
What do you need to prepare?
- Card type confirmation.
- Design file at .ai/ .pdf/ .psd/ .eps/ .jpeg (jpg)/ .tiff. format, the minimum resolution at 300dpi.
- Color confirmation including the CMYK value or Pantone color No. Or you can directly send us samples if you don’t know the exact color, and we would help you find the color which can best match the sample color.,
- Color No.: CMYK value, Pantone color number, send samples directly to us to match the color.
Example Exhibition
It is also called the 4 color printing or CMYK printing. And it is a lithographic printing method taking use of yellow, magenta, cyan, and black colorants (inks or dyes), to achieve the full-color reproduction according to the principle of the subtractive color mixing.
This glossy finish PVC business card is offset printed all kinds of colors, so that it can easy light up the card receiver’s enthusiasm and want to have a know this company more.
Rich colors offset printed on this glossy finish membership card perfectly reproduced the snowy mountains and the herd of cows on the grassland, while the silk print can’t do that.
The glossy gift card with colorful clothes offset printed on it makes people able to know the main products of this store at once. And the whole card looks pretty, too.
This contact IC card used for the payment is at dark colors offset printing, which makes this card look royal and luxury. This way, the clients can feel how themselves are valued by the company, and have good impression on it.
This CMYK printing on this wood business card can make us know this company’s main products are flowers. CMYK printing can perfectly reproduce the colorful flowers, and it is not easy to get worn out or faded away.
This paper card is offset printed colorful, which perfectly showed various scenes. These printings also implied the answers range under the covered part of this scratch card, which makes people get curious of this activity.
Spot Color Printing
To Other Choice: Full Color Printing
Craft Introduction
Applied to cards: PVC card, metal card, wood card, paper card, epoxy card
What do you need to prepare?
- Card type confirmation.
- Design file at .ai/ .pdf/ .psd/ .eps/ .jpeg (jpg)/ .tiff. format, the minimum resolution at 300dpi.
- Color confirmation including the CMYK value or Pantone color No. Or you can directly send us samples if you don’t know the exact color, and we would help you find the color which can best match the sample color.,
- Color No.: CMYK value, Pantone color number, send samples directly to us to match the color.
Example Exhibition
It is also called the pantone color printing. And it refers to the printing which uses special color ink mixed by color inks (except for yellow, magenta, cyan and black). There is the no doubt that the pantone color is what our clients usually choose.
The background color of this RFID key card adopts the logo’s original color, a spot color, with the white enlarged logo on it. Although the logo nearly takes up the whole card, the card doesn’t look crowded, but simple and high end.
This certified self containment card has gloss finish with spot blue background color offset printing on it. And the blank blue part behind the white text can be printed the detailed warrant info by the card issue organization.
This green pantone color offset printing on this PVC combo card makes the whole card full of vitality, which perfectly matches the resort’s natural landscape and make people feel comfortable and want to visit here.
Most parts of this silver mirror finish metal card is offset printed deep blue which is similar to black. The parts unprinted remain silver, which makes the logo outstanding, and the silver edge makes the whole card look textured and three-dimensional, so high end!
Colorful color offset printed elephants and balloons on the VIP card makes the whole card full of childlike, very suitable for this children growth base’s main business. When we see this card, we can easily remind of happy kids, and want to know more about this place.
The special blue color (the theme color of this shoe store) is offset printed on this matte paper sleeve, which can easily let clients remind of this store, and want to have a visit again. Besides, the simple design of this paper sleeve makes it look elegant and high end.
