printing-101.com : : your guide to color printing

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Pocket Guide to
Digital Printing
by Frank Cost

Our Price: $24.95
Softcover, 228 pages.

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This state-of-the-art guide offers the most complete information available on the rapidly emerging field of digital printing. Once just ideal for short run or fast printing, digital printing is now a viable option for most any project — brochures, newsletters, postcards, business cards, letterhead and more! The book provides detailed descriptions and evaluations of every aspect of digital and on-demand printing.
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What Is Offset Lithography?

n offset lithography (also known as plantographic) printing, plates carry both the image and non-image areas on the same level (unlike letterpress where areas are raised to catch ink). The transfer of ink is controlled by an unlikely principle. The principle that oil and water don't mix.

Image areas are photographically transferred to thin metal plates which are treated chemically to accept oil-based ink but repel water on the image areas. Conversely, non-image areas accept water but repel the oil-based ink.

A plate first contacts rollers of a clean solution or water and then is inked by other rollers. The oil-based ink "sticks" to the image area. The inked image is then transferred from the plate to a rubber blanket. The rubber blanket then transfers the image onto the paper's surface.

Because of the resilience of the rubber blanket, it's possible to use offset lithography printing on a wide variety of surfaces and for large quantities. Both spot colors and CMYK colors can be used with this process.

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Mailer's Club
One-stop online printing and mailing resource. On top of doing a great job with their printing (postcards, brochures, business cards, newsletters, catalogs, etc.), Mailer's Club will also find a mailing list to fit your needs and will mail your project pieces — at great savings to you!

ITC Fonts
Professional fonts at reasonable prices from one of the font giants in the business for 30 years; the International Typeface Corporation.