reprographics

Why we prefer high resolution PDF’s for print

30 August 2011

What files should I supply to my printer? We are often asked by our clients and designers how and in what format to supply files. In almost all cases, we usually ask for press ready PDF’s. There are many reasons for this. You may want to take a look at what a press ready PDF [...]

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The fine art of publishing

5 July 2011

One of the things I most like about working at PrintHouse Corporation is the fact that a fairly sizeable proportion of the jobs we do are different in some ways to anything we have done before. This means that each job can pose us different questions – usually, but not always, in the technical sense [...]

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The Lost People of Repro…

21 September 2010

So, first of all, what exactly is Repro… and who are these people? Well, I work in the Repro department here at Printhouse and felt it about time introduce myself and give a quick explanation of what Reprographics actually is, what we do and of course, why we are such an important part of the [...]

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Colour management and ISO 12647 in printing

19 August 2010

There are no two ways about it – colour management is a complicated area. How do designers and those working in the graphics industry ensure that the results they get are what they are expecting, when they are, variously, viewing designs on screen; as proofs (which can produced in a number of ways); and as [...]

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What Is Trapping And How Is It Used In Print?

11 January 2010

What is trapping? Trapping is a pre-press technique used to compensate for registration errors in lithographic printing and is the process of adding a slight overlap between adjacent areas of color to avoid gaps caused by misalignent. A litho press requires each colour separation to be laid down one at a time over the next [...]

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What is a Press Ready PDF?

3 August 2009

What is a press ready PDF? PDF stands for Portable Document Format and was created by Adobe Systems primarily for document exchange. Most people will be familiar with the 2D fixed layout when exchanging files over email or downloading information from the web. PDFs are used to encapsulate the complete description of a file by [...]

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