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Archive for August, 2009

Choose Your Colour (Part 2): Litho vs. Digital Printing

by Elzette Roelofse. 0 Comments

1. Litho Printing

Litho printing (Offset printing) is also known as lithography or lithographic printing. Litho printing works on the basic principle that oil and water do not mix.

2. Digital Printing

Digital printing is a four process colour reproduction method that uses electronic files and dots to produce an image using ink and toner. It is basically a ‘print straight from disk’ process. The computer works in sync with the digital printer to produce a smoothly finished image.

Read the rest of my post at PrintQuote where I have blogged for Printhouse Corporation.


Choose Your Colour (Part 1): CMYK vs. Spot Colour Printing

by Elzette Roelofse. 0 Comments

When it comes to designing, it is all about concept, layout, font and typography. The other very important thing is colour.

There are two basic usage of colours when designing print artwork.

1. CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black)

2. Spot Colour Process

Read the rest of my post at PrintQuote where I have blogged for Printhouse Corporation.


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