To give your business cards or literature that special touch and to create a high value look and feel, ask us about Spot UV. Spot UV is a high gloss finish that is only applied to certain areas of the card, and is a great way to define text or accentuate a pattern. This has the effect of highlighting and drawing attention to that part of the design, but it also provides the additional visual stimulus of having varied textures on a single printed surface.
Spot UV or ElectroInk Matte Effect?
UV coating is best applied to heavier weight papers and cards such as business cards and brochure covers rather than thinner paper stocks. And it can be applied to the whole page, or just to certain areas. However we can create a glossy effect by using ElectroInk Digital Matte on our HP Indigo press which can be applied to thinner paper stocks. This offers a subtle finish which has advantages in design and is often used in security printing (as in the “Aga” image above). This printed effect works when printing your graphics onto a glossy paper stock then it masks the non-glossy areas to allow your chosen areas to be highlighted in the gloss from the glossy substrate.
To receive a sample showing a Spot UV finish or the ElectroInk Digital Matte finish, complete the form below or
call us on 01270 625 207 we’d be delighted to show you exactly what we can do.
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Many of the services we supply book-end our print production. We have the specialist knowledge and resources to carry a job through from concept through production, fulfilment, delivery or installation. Your job will be managed by an experienced manager whose expertise will ensure your project runs smoothly throughout the project.Some of those services include...
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We can help design agencies with comprehensive pre-press support. Sometimes this is a simple pre-flight check, but often we can offer advice that will save hours of studio time. We also encourage direct communication with our pre-press team, thus you are able to contact them at any time. Our customers enjoy being able to discuss their work with our studio and the slicker workflow it produces. Finally, take a look at what we do, we're a friendly bunch and passionate about print. We'd love to show you around, but if you can't be tempted, we can always visit you with case studies and samples at any time.White Ink Printing
Printing white ink means you can add an extra dimension to your print work. It gives you the ability to work with colours and paper stock types you may not have previously worked with. But there is much more you can do with white ink:- Print white ink onto white paper or board to give and understated graphic
- Ideal for window graphics - clear or frosted, semi translucent substrates
- Ideal for printing white onto coloured card or coloured paper stocks
- Stunning results when printed onto metallic
- Printing white as a flood coat on metallic stock to reveal metallic colours
- Short run and variable data printing