Print Finish

Print finishing can completely elevate your final design. There are several different print finishes. Print finishes enhance projects, making some designs more recognisable and iconic. Adding a print finish could influence a reader to pick up a book. People naturally feel and touch things on a daily basis and this physical sensation intrigues us.

Foiling.
This process involves taking foil and placing it under a hot press. The foil goes between the die and the paper and, with enough pressure these two, they latch together and combine to create foiling. The benefits of using foiling is that it leaves the surface polished and clean. 






Embossing.
This is when the object such as paper on a business card is pressed against the surface in order to leave an imprint. Embossing is raising the area of the item by a level. 








Debossing. (also known as letterpress printing)
This is practical the opposite of embossing. Debossing is lowering hte area of the item by a level. You press it down on a surface to make it indented. 







Gloss Lamination.
Lamination makes the paper resistant to water. This lamination has a protective coat/sheet over the print which then make it harder to crease or damage. This is created using heat and pressure rollers. A common example of glossy lamination is using it on a menu or a label. 










Spot UV varnish. 
Paper varnishes are applied to a printing surface and is hardened by IV light during the printing process. UV varnishes are mainly used in specific parts of the page. Varnish is very similar to foiling. 








Die cutting.
Die cutting is used to cut thin materials into whatever shape you wish. Its basically a way of making a hole in the paper in a specific place.






Luminous.
Luminous is giving off light. They are luminous paints are emitted of light by a substance that hasnt been heated.

 

Thermochromic.
This process uses inks or dyes that are temperature sensitive compounds.They temporarily change color with exposure to heat