Colors on a printing press are created using a combination of four ink colors – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (called CMYK). These four inks are called process colors because they are the standard inks used in the four-color printing process. Your artwork must be in CMYK format (as opposed to RGB) before submitting. Share
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What is a silver knockout and how to set it up?
June 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Printing/Design
Silver knockout is the silver part that shows through the artwork of the disc, as the example here. When designing artwork for the silver knockout, simply use white and indicate on your artwork the white areas will actually be silver. When the discs are printed we will then skip the normal white base and print [...]
Checklist for approving an artwork proof
April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Printing/Design, Replication process
Proofing for artwork proof is an important step in the CD/DVD replication process. It gives you one last chance to see the artwork before it goes off to be printed thousands of times. Here is a checklist that might help you organize what needs to be verified: PDF is not color accurate: color varies from [...]
Silver CD with matte varnish
March 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Printing/Design
We recently did a job where the client requested 2 different finishes of silver. It is very simple but gives a very interesting effect. The job was done in 2 color silkscreen with matte varnish. To give the silkscreen colors a bit of a pop, we added a special white mask underneath them, the result [...]
