I am posting this guide so anyone who needs to purchase wide format printing for their company/organization will quickly and easily understand it. I will be posting this information over the next several days.
Content to be discussed:
- Wide Format Inkjet Terminologies
- Wide Format Laminating
- Wide Format Mounting
- Grand Format Inkjet Terminologies
- Grand Format Finishing Options
- Wide Format Photographic Imaging Terminology
- Photographic Imaging Finishing Options
- When do Wide and Grand Format Prints apply
Wide Format Wide Format Inkjet
Terminology
Definition: Inkjet Printing
Street Verbiage = HP Prints or HP’s
Wide Format HP Printing is any full
color or black and white print that is larger
than 18” wide and does not exceed 59.50” wide.
It is the process where ink “jets” spray ink onto the selected substraight (paper,
vinyl, fabric) and allowed to dry prior to finishing.
Wide Format Printing is normally
produced as 4 color process.
- Note: New technology allows us to print in 6
colors, see notes below on 6 colors.
- Note: Process Color is defined as the
culmination of 4 primary colors that when maxed create all needed colors.
C– Cyan Y– Yellow M– Magenta K– Black
- Note: The Fifth and Sixth Colors used in a 6
color application are Light Cyan & Light Magenta
- Note: HP Printer Paper only comes in one
thickness which is equals to 60# offset cover stock.
Wide Format Laminating
Definition =
Lam or Encapsulation
- Lamination: the process of covering any
print on both sides with a polyethylene
base plastic film
- Encapsulation: laminating both sides of a
print and leaving a 1/8” clear boarder
around the outside
- Over laminating: only laminating 1 side of a print.
All HP Prints (except the HP 9000
prints) must be laminated w/ Matte’, Luster or Gloss
laminations. This is to protect the
print and add shelf life to the product.
- Note: All laminations are 99% crystal clear with
a 1% drift to yellow.
Lamination Gages
1.75 mil / 3.00 mil / 5.00 mil
/10.00 mil
Seal 60” Laminator Image
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