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Are you unsure of what you require?

We can offer full guidance through your first print job if you wish, just call us, or email alan@remous.com for advice.

In the meantime please take a look at our Jargon Buster, some of the terminology in lay-mans terms.

Paper

Coated Paper

Gloss:- As the name suggests it’s shiny! Normal paper with a gloss coating to give the shiny finish, commonly used in magazines, brochures leaflets.

Silk/Matt/Satin:- These are all very similar to the untrained eye, again normal paper with a coating to give a smooth but flat finish, often used for classical or contemporary brochures, can be described as ‘understated’.

Uncoated

Uncoated:- This is fairly simple; uncoated paper is what you use for stationery or notepads for instance, but there are lots of different grades anything from a Ford Fiesta (Standard Bond) to Rolls Royce (Conqueror Brilliant White Wove). These are of course priced accordingly.

Tinted:- These are as the name suggests uncoated papers tinted with various colours, usually a pastel colour. Tinted paper and board tends to be slightly smoother than standard bond.

Litho Printing

Mono:- Printed in ‘Mono’ is a term commonly used in book work, just means printed in one colour.

Pantone Colour:- Pantone colours are the industry standard for colour mixing and reference. You can choose a pantone colour from a swatch and we can match it from the ink recipe it gives us.

4 Colour Process:- Often described as ‘Full Colour’ this is how we print colour photos and pictures.

Magazines for instance are printed in 4 colour, we print the four base colours: Black Blue Red Yellow, all in one pass through the machine. In the trade the are referred to as Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black (this is where the term CMYK comes from).

This offers a good representation of any colour, BUT a Pantone colour will not always match the swatch if made up from 4 colour process.

Sealing:- This is a process we use to stop ink rubbing or marking on matt coated paper, some colours require a coating of sealer of this sort of material. Blue for instance would need to be ‘sealed’ this is a sort of clear ink, which is virtually invisible.

Varnish:- Similar to sealing in that it’s a transparent ink, but varnish is a decorative finish, normally in gloss and this offers a cheaper alternative to laminating. Often used on packaging for toys for example.