Art Paper Printing Notes (3)

4. Patterned paper designers and printers continue to seek unique design styles to make the work stand out. Many patterns can make them icing on the cake. This kind of high-quality paper product has a soft touch, a beautiful appearance, and a more refined and noble temperament, which is pleasing to the eye. There are many types of pattern papers, each with its own characteristics, and a higher level than ordinary paper. Pattern paper can be divided into the following types:

(1) Copying paper The paper copying net is the most traditional and commonly used method to make paper texture texture. This process is generally inserted in the papermaking process. The wet paper is placed between two absorbent flannelettes, and the texture of the fleece line is printed on the paper. This process is divided into single or double-sided imprints. Such as the ancient stripe paper and other paper nets, the line patterns are looming, texture is soft, some of the imported copy paper contains cotton, so the texture is softer and more natural and tenacity, suitable for packaging and printing.

(2) Antique Effect Papers Many customers and graphic designers have a soft spot for high-quality, plain, non-coated paper, and love the warmth and richness of these papers. In addition, book publishers also require more durable paper, preferring fresh and stiff paper to ensure consistent and consistent printing results. The products designed with antique effect paper are quaint, beautiful and elegant. As shown in Figure 7.

(3) Adulterants and special effects papers Environmental trends have come into being. Spotted paper came into being. In order to achieve the effect of natural recycling, pulp has been added to a variety of sundries. The amount, size, etc. of the doped substance should be controlled properly. If the number of noise spots on the paper is too much, it will destroy the graphic effect. Too little will give people a dirty feeling. Nowadays, there are various kinds of doped papers on the market for users to choose from. Some recycled papers contain impurities such as ore, snow, and petals. The craftsmanship of the papermaking process includes the addition of dyes during the sizing process to cause the paper to form spots or create a parchment effect. This kind of paper is very popular with consumers and it is the first choice for various certificates, book covers, restaurant recipes and wine lists. Due to the appearance of paper with special effects, designers are often used for simple prints and preferred papers for boring typeless manuscript printing, such as various financial statements for annual reports of listed companies, etc. It can make the pages active and eye-catching.

(4) Non-coated paper printers and designers are unanimously admiring unappealing and nice-looking non-coated papers. In order to achieve good visual effects for prints, they have a high-end and gorgeous feel. The natural texture of the non-coated serigraphy paper and the printability of the coated paper are combined. Both sides of the paper are specially treated to reduce the water absorption rate of the paper so that the ink remains on the surface of the paper and the texture of the ink is better. The metallic pearl finish series paper can change with the viewing angle of the human eye, and the effect after printing is better.

(5) The ancient paper of the ancient brand of the special paper, was founded in 1888 AD, was originally used CONQUEROR London castle watermark, until the early 1990s was changed to knight and English watermark. This unique watermark is world-famous. It has become a symbol and code for high-quality commercial, writing, and printing paper. It is marketed in more than 80 countries and regions and is loved by hotels, banks, companies, and even government agencies throughout the world. Gangu paper is divided into several categories: nobility, sliding surface, grain, concept, and digital.

(6) "Coaling" pearl pattern paper The hue of the paper can produce different colors depending on the viewing angle. Its luster is formed by the dispersion of light scattered on the surface of the paper and has a "silver flash" effect, so printing patterns with metallic qualities will be excellent. It is suitable for making all kinds of high-grade and exquisite modern prints. High-grade book cover or hardcover book cover.

Smooth and smooth paper, suitable for all types of printing processes and processing methods, such as four-color offset printing, rolling, hot stamping and so on.

It is recommended to use an oxidized conjunctiva dry ink. The gloss of the ink may not be as good as the gloss of the paper itself.

(7) "Star mining" metal pattern paper metal "Star mining" pattern paper is a breakthrough in the traditional, new concept of art paper. It not only maintains the classics and beauty inherent in high-grade paper, but also creatively possesses both positive and negative double-faced metal tones. It is luxurious but not cheesy. It is steady and unobtrusive, making it show a strong temperament that is different from ordinary art paper.

Because of the adoption of a new process, the metal “star mining” never loses the metal quality and the paper surface is smooth. Instead, it adds infinite force to the printing effect. It is suitable for all kinds of printing technologies and special processes, especially the hot stamping process. which performed. When printing, it is recommended that the cable be 130 to 150 lines/inch. When printing on dark metallic pattern paper, the color of the ink should be increased.

Metal "Star" can produce a variety of high-grade prints, such as paper, annual reports and book covers used for product samples and for use in various packaging boxes.

(8) There is a qualitative difference between gold paper and traditional gold foil. Traditional gold foil can only be printed with the aid of transparent materials, and cannot be printed directly. Using 24K gold as the material, the use of nano-high-tech gold paper can not only enable color images to be directly printed on gold, but also retain the style and performance of gold, with the characteristics of anti-oxidation, anti-discoloration, moisture-proof and anti-smashing. Avoid the disadvantages of traditional paper books such as mildew and insects, which can theoretically be stored for thousands of years. The gold paper used in the "Chinese Golden Age" is a new generation of products newly developed, with higher technological content and cultural content. Its appearance is more similar to ancient rice paper and news newspapers, and its flame retardancy has achieved a major breakthrough for the first time. The 20 gold editions of the text are printed in four-color editions of the “Economic Daily” and are illustrated with a total of nearly 160,000 words, 300 gold figures, scenery, and other gold edition images. The gold paper usage and layout are unprecedented. This is an unprecedented scale in the history of gold printing.

In addition, in addition to different paper types, specialty papers are also dyed in a variety of different colors, and the decorative effect is very strong. There are many advantages of specialty papers, but specialty papers also have a fly in the ointment.

First, the price is more expensive. Ordinary embossed paper is much more expensive than the same amount of the same type of paper, so the large quantities of pictures printed with embossed paper cannot be afforded by customers because of price factors, so it is generally only used for the design and printing of front cover or important data.

Second, most specialty papers have good absorptivity and strong penetration. However, due to uneven lines, the ink penetrates into crevices during printing. In particular, large-area field printing plates are difficult to dry and are prone to sticking. When printing a four-color overprinted character image, the tone is more boring. When consumers who do not like soft tone do not understand why the color of the products printed with specialty paper is not bright enough, when printing with special paper, the printing effect must be communicated with the customer to avoid unnecessary losses.

Third, in the printing of colored specialty papers, it is important to note that dark special paper surfaces cannot print four-color images. Can only print metal luster or special tone ink, such as gold, silver, spot colors and so on.

For example, when printing four-color halftone images on the surface of light-colored, light-green, light-blue, light-pink and other light-colored specialty papers, color cast occurs, and in general, the tone shifts toward the surface of the paper. Therefore, it is best not to use color paper to print halftone images when designing. But if you can correctly use works of different styles and different colors of specialty paper design, there will be unexpected special effects, will add to your work, add a lot of color.

Fourth, the use of various post-printing methods on specialty paper surfaces will also produce different styles. For example, hot stamping and embossing on specialty paper surfaces are all very good.

Conclusion

The variety of specialty papers is a general term for all kinds of special-purpose papers or art papers. Nowadays, sellers collectively refer to embossed papers and other art papers as specialty papers, mainly to simplify noun confusion caused by a wide variety of products. Designers and printers should pay special attention when selecting them. Sometimes the varieties are different, and the price difference is very large. No matter ordinary paper or specialty paper, the surface has different textures. People are smooth and rough. The delicate and white feeling is different. We can make different choices according to the surface properties of the substrate and design works that are trend-compliant, personalized, and with different styles to show the theme of the design so that the printed product can have Practicality and aesthetics.

Source: Zhongcheng Community