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In book printing china, there have many kinds of papers are use in printing, and original prints correspond to different papers. Here are the 5 common use printing papers:, and different prints correspond to different papers. Here are the 5 common used printing papers:
1. Coated paper:
Coated paper call powder paper in Hong Kong and other regions. It is a premium printing paper made of base paper coated with white paint. The surface of the paper is smooth and the whiteness is high. The paper fiber is even distributed. The thickness is consistent, and the flexibility is small. It has good elasticity and strong water resistance and tensile properties. The absorption and reception of ink are very good.
Coated paper can divide into single-sided coated paper, double-sided coated paper. Have matte coated paper and cloth coated paper, too. According to the quality is divide into A, B, C three grades.
The coated paper is very bright in color, the paper is very absorbable, and the color reproduction is high. It is most used for photos, landscapes, and some postcards with rich colors. It can coated, and it has a better feel after coating. The original material of the paper is smooth and textured. Main use of pop-up book printing, picture book printing, etc. Because the coated paper is too smooth, the handwriting is not suitable for drying. So the things written with the pen and water pen are easy to erased. Changed postmarks and seals will also erase immediately. Compared to the same gram of paper, the hardness is medium, not hard. Inexpensive. It is easy to become curled in the south windy day, and it is not resistant to moisture.
2. Offset paper:
Made from bleached chemical softwood pulp and an appropriate amount of bamboo pulp. And use glue to coat both sides of the paper. Double-sided coating with sizing material or calendering, small stretch-ability and uniform ink absorption. Good smoothness, tight and opaque texture. Good whiteness and strong water resistance.
Offset paper is a advanced book printing paper. Has higher requirements on the ratio, stretch ratio and surface strength during printing. The acidity and alkalinity should also be close to neutral or slight alkaline.
Offset paper is main used for printing manuals, sticky notes, colored paper. Story book printing, monochromatic or multi-color book. Printing covers,text, inserts, color trademarks and various packaging products.
3. Matte paper
The difference from coated paper is that the surface of matte paper is matte. The paper fiber is even distributed, the thickness is good, and the density is high. Matte paper has good elasticity and has strong water resistance and tensile properties. Its ink absorption and reception state are slight lower than that of coated paper. But its thickness is slight higher than that of coated paper. Main used for printing albums, cards, postcards, exquisite product samples, etc.
4. Writing paper:
It is a kind of cultural paper with large consumption for writing, and it has five grades: special, 1, 2, 3 and 4. The writing paper is white in color, smooth on both sides, tight in texture, and does not smear when writing. Suitable for forms, exercise books, account books, record books, etc.
5. White cardboard:
It is a kind of thick, thick and heavy paper. The surface of this paper is smooth and calendered with high stiffness. White cardboard is main used for business cards, certificates. Invitations, packaging boxes, tags, handbags, covers, monthly desk calendars and postal postcards.
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In recent years, since the booming children's book market. Children's book printing has become one of the most popular projects in the book printing industry. And how to print your own children's book has become an urgent problem for most self publishers. So I write this article and hope to give some guides to the self publishers.
Check below 7 guides to print your own children's book
1. Ready your design file of your children's book
Before finding children's book printers to print your children's book, you need to prepare your design file. This part is very important. Whether you want to get a quotation or print the book, the design file is needed. Although during the quotation, the design file is not have to provide. But if you want to get fast and effective quotation, you do better prepare your design file at first.
2. Online children's book printers VS local printing house: how to choose?
If you only want to print several copies for self-use or for your friends. We often recommend finding a local printing shop to print. Because online children's book printers has a MOQ need. More important, you need to consider the shipping cost. But if need to large print your own children's book for sale. Online children's book printers are up surely your optimal choice. First, online has thousands of children's book printers for you to choose from. You can choose the most satisfied one to print your children's book. That's a local printing house can't achieve. Second, online children's book printers offer a variety of printing services that local printers don't have. Last and most important, for bulk child's book printing, online printers' prices and services are more competitive than local printers. So if your want to large print your children's book, online children's book printer is more suitable.
3. Select a children's book printer to print your own children's book
The choice of children's book printer is the key to your children's book printing. Why say children's book printer is the key? Because the quality of your children's book is often depends on your selection of children's book printer. So when you Selecting a children's book printer to print you book. You need to combine with printers' printing equipments, factory scale, prices, services, customers' reviews, proofing efficiency and lead time, etc factors to consider.
4. Send your design file to your children's book printer
After choosing a children's book printer, then you need to send your design file to the children's book printer. You can send your design file through the website like dropbox or wetranser by PDF format. It is very convenient and safe. Then a professional children's book printer will double-check your design files for you. If have any problem, their designer will fix it and resend to you to confirm.
5. Place the order
If you check the PI and design file is OK, you can place your order to print your own children's book. When you place an order, you need to pay a deposit in advance. So that the children's book printer can arrange your children's book proofing.
6. Confirm the sample and start bulk order printing
When your sample is finished, the children's book printer will ship it to your home. After you receiving the sample. If the sample is OK, you need to send a message to your children's book printer to confirm. And then they will print your mass order. If have some places need to fix, you need tell your children's book printer. They will help you fix it when printing the bulk order.
7. Shipping
When the children's book printer finished your bulk order. They will send the clear pictures or videos of bulk order to your confirmation. If you confirm everything is OK, you need to pay the balance. After receiving your balance payment, the children's book printer will ship your books to you.
Above 7 steps are the key processes of print your own children's book. After reading these steps, they will up surely help you a lot.
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Magazine paper types generallyincludenewsprint, pressure glossy magazine paper, offset paper, light coated paper, coated paper,glossy/matte art paper, this sort reflects the quality of paper from low to high, at the same time the price is so.
Each paper has its own characteristics: newsprint without coating, most of it is made of mechanical pulp, weight generally from 38 grams -48 grams; Pressing magazine paper is the newsprint pressing, is not coated, most of the mechanical pulp copying, more than 42 grams, but this kind of paper in mainland China is still relatively rare; Offset paper is not coated, most of it is chemical pulp, more than 70 grams, which is very common in China. Light coated paper (LWC) is a single layer coating, mostly based on mechanical pulp, shiny. Now there is a high white light coated paper, is improved on the basis of the original light coated paper, so that it has a better whiteness; Medium coated paper (MWC) is double coated, most of which is made of mechanical pulp and weighs more than 70 grams; Coated paper is the most familiar paper, most of it is made of chemical pulp, coated with single, double and three layers, and its coating and paper surface treatment, different paper factories have different technology, quality is also very different. In fact, coated paper and coated paper have overlapping parts, coated paper double-layer and multi-layer coating, quality is better than coated paper, but coated paper is better than single-layer coated coated coated paper, this is because the shielding rate of mechanical pulp is better than chemical pulp. As for three coated coated coated paper, some people call it true powder.
So what kind of magazines choose what kind of paper, and how to choose magazine paper stock?
Generally speaking, high-grade clothing and life-themed magazines mostly use more than 70 grams of coated paper, medium coated paper; High quality monthly and professional magazines use medium coated paper, high whiteness light coated paper, weight ≥70 grams; General quality of monthly, weekly often use high white light coated paper, light coated paper, weight ≥60 grams; Large circulation weekly and comprehensive magazines generally use light coated paper, pressure paper, gram weight ≥65 grams.
In addition, the selection of weight generally has the following rules: magazines and product catalogs with high circulation generally choose 36-54 grams of paper; Higher quality monthly is 60-80 grams; 65-150 grams for professional magazines and customer magazines; Quality magazines are 75-115 grams. Of course, this is only a general analysis, all kinds of magazines in the specific printing order, there will be a variety of specific changes.
Finally, magazine paper is developing towards low gram weight, good whiteness and printability, which can not only reduce paper consumption, but also further save by reducing mailing costs and print magazine cost.
