Learn about post-print outsourcing and print outsourcing stages

2.Taking film:

Laminating is a method commonly used in printing. A plastic film (PE, PP) is rolled or laminated onto the surface of the printed sheet about 1 or 2 sides. The glossy and matte lamination method helps the printed products increase the ability to keep color well, the durability of the printed letters. , moisture-proof, and waterproof surface. Therefore, laminating will help increase the value of products such as brochure, name card, book cover, brand, paper box, leaflet. One note when the product has lamination is that the color after rolling will be darker and darker, so when designing, it is necessary to align the color to produce the desired color.

3. Laminate:

The printed sheet after going through the ribbed mill with main parts of 2 metal rolls and a patterned roller on the surface will press on the surface of the printed sheet, then they deform and create patterns. You can combine laminating and ribbed lamination to create a special effect on the product. These effects are often used when printing student school covers, book covers, namecards or greeting cards.

4. Gold / silver foil (needle press):

Extrusion / needle pressing is a form in which the worker needs a metal mold with images and words to decorate the surface of printed products by gluing onto the surface of printed sheets of images and letters with emulsion materials. Gold, silver or other emulsion colors according to customers' requirements. Commonly used in printing wedding cards, printing birthday cards, name cards ...

5.Trained and serrated grip

The product printed after printing through the braiding machine will create ribs on the surface. In printing, customers often combine lamination and then ribs to create special creases that don't break the ink for products such as catalogs, book covers or greeting cards. In addition, serrated clamping is also widely used in the processing of tickets, vouchers, ....

6.Jump numbering:

This method is often used in printing receipts, invoices, warranty cards, promotions, .... The automatic numbering mark is designed quite difficult, so it is very necessary to be skillful and meticulous to match the closing of orders, the record does not have any problems or errors. Moreover, if the customer wants to stamp thousands or tens of thousands of records, then manually stamping the dance number is not feasible because they take a lot of time and effort but the quality is not 100% guaranteed.

7. Stapling:

This is the most frequently used specification in printing. Press two or three pins in the middle of the Catalog to fix the print, press the edge to bind, ...

8.Pill holes

We can see around a lot of products with perforations such as: documents placed in cuffs, paper bags, or clothes tags, ...

9. Covering:

Coating is a method of creating a varnish on the surface of printed products to create shine and protect the product from external influences. Coating is to coat the surface of the printed sheet with a varnish to create gloss and protect the surface. print sheet to avoid scratches. The following types of coatings are available:

- Coating shake: is to use the ink shake in, done on normal offset machine.

- UV coating: use UV varnish to perform on UV coating machine, offset printing machine has UV coating unit or can pull silk. UV varnish can create many wonderful effects such as: gloss, sand surface, floating, ... There are 2 types of UV coating: full UV coating (covering the entire printing surface) and partial UV coating. (covering only essential details).

10.Dumping, embossing:

Embossing is a method of creating a embossed or submerged image on the surface of a printed product through a negative-positive mold system. This is the method used for printing catalogs, printing file clips, printing paper boxes, high-end namecard ...

11. Fold and paste:

Fold and paste is a stage when printing books, catalogs, folding sheets, boxes ... Thick papers need to create a folding line before manually folding, then sticking the finished product depending on the type of finished product. . In addition, because of the large quantity of books or magazines, they often use folding and gluing machines to save labor costs and quickly complete the completion time.

12. Getting wrapped

It is the stage of gathering the books into the booklet. If the quantity is small, then use the hands, and if the quantity is much, we should use the common book catcher.