Blogging for Printhouse
Use Print Finishes for a Finishing Touch.
I wrote a blog post for Printhouse Corporation about different examples of print finishes.
In this week I had a meeting with a client. Their company has a beautiful designed, working website. But he still has the need to get a brochure/flyer printed. His reason was: When someone receive it, hopefully they will pin it [...]
October 6th, 2009 by Elzette Roelofse
How to use Data Merge to Personalise Documents in Indesign
Personlise prints, such as company Christmas cards and party invitations with Data Merge in Adobe® InDesign®. Data Merge is the ability to create fields (name, surname, message) in your Adobe® InDesign® document. It can automatically populate from comma-separated values (.csv) or a tab-delimited (.txt) file. The easiest would be to create these fields as columns [...]
August 25th, 2009 by Elzette Roelofse
Choose Your Colour (Part 2): Litho vs. Digital Printing
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 [...]
August 11th, 2009 by Elzette Roelofse
Choose Your Colour (Part 1): CMYK vs. Spot Colour Printing
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.
February 12th, 2010 by Elzette Roelofse