Colour processes - PrintForms LTD.

Having my dad working in the printing industry, owning his own printing company, its always pretty easy to ask about litho printing, papers, ink and processes so my research on Offset litho should be pretty good, even though growing up i took his job for granted and just liked it for all the good quality free paper!

At my dads company - PrintForms LTD they use offset litho printing and they print CMYK and the CMYK plates can be used for four spot colours if the client wants/needs. They also have a two spot colour machine that uses Pantone colours and can have metallic spot colours (gold and silver) Whilst asking about general things to do with the processes i found out that reflex blue ink never dries!! it has to be sealed in using varnish - to make it dry, or oxidising ink. High gloss finishes also need to have an oxidising formula so it dries quickly too (as soon as it comes out of the machine) PrintForms can print short to medium sized jobs and can print 320mm deep 450mm wide and oversized A3+

On a printing note..........
Ive mentioned these badges below on my blog before and i think now is the perfect time to re-mention them. They were created by Effektivedesign


These are the badges before they are cut out and stuck to the metal parts, i just liked the CMYK line up.