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Table of Contents
Introduction
A new way to look at documents
An overview of the DocuColor 2000 Series Design Guide
1. Digital print 1-1
What is digital print? 1-1
Digital print workflow 1-3
Document creation 1-3
Prepress 1-3
Press 1-5
Postpress 1-5
Correction required? 1-5
What does digital print mean to you? 1-6
Benefits of digital print 1-6
Short runs 1-6
Just-in-time printing 1-7
Distribute and print 1-8
Variable information printing 1-9
Use of colour 1-10
Wrap-up 1-10
2. Image reproduction
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3. Designing documents 3-1 Design elements to discuss with your printer 3-1 Paper stock 3-1 Image considerations 3-2 Image area, bleeds and folds 3-4 Specifying colours 3-7 Choice of screens 3-7 Vignettes 3-16 Text 3-17 Solid blacks 3-19 Image mottle 3-19 Knockout, overprint and trapping 3-20 File formats 3-21 Resource collection 3-21 Creating PDFs 3-22 Dot gain 3-23 Design elements to avoid 3-23 Straight design elements close to the edge of the page 3-23 Large areas of solid colour 3-25 Coated
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table of contents Why paper doesn’t always work the way it should 5-3 Coated paper and offset 5-3 Coated paper and digital printing 5-3 Moisture and offset 5-4 Moisture and digital printing 5-4 Textured stock and offset 5-4 Textured stock and digital printing 5-4 Thick paper stocks 5-5 Coated papers 5-5 Paper stretch 5-5 Optical paper qualities that influence image quality 5-6 Shade 5-6 Opacity 5-6 Brightness 5-6 Reflectivity 5-7 Paper grades 5-8 Bond 5-8 Uncoated offset 5-9 Text and covers 5-11
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Lamination 6-7 Varnish 6-8 Embossing 6-8 Shrink wrapping 6-8 Double-sided printing 6-9 7. Applications by industry 7-1 Financial services 7-1 Consumer products 7-6 Hospitality 7-10 Professional services 7-13 Education 7-15 Health care 7-18 Public sector 7-21 Appendix 1. Microsoft Office colour charts 1 Appendix 2. RGB colour charts 1 Appendix 3. CMYK colour charts 1 Appendix 4. Pantone colour charts 1 Reference 1 Glossary 2 DocuColor 2000 series design guide 1 - 4
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Introduction A new way to look at documents One of the greatest advantages of digital colour applications and systems is that they allow high-quality colour process printing to be produced in smaller quantities at a higher frequency, as well as personally tailored printing to optimise customer interaction. Digital printing technology changes the way we think about and create documents. Limitless possibilities are now accessible for full-colour, near-offset quality printing at a reasonable price
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• Section 4 includes information on how to submit jobs to a DocuColor solution, directly from software applications on Windows or Macintosh personal computers, over the web, using removable media, or other means. Use this section to make sure you get the job to the printer trouble-free every time. • Section 5 describes how to select the right paper to get optimum results from the DocuColor 2045 and 2060. It includes a guide to all paper grades available in the market today. Use this section to l
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1 Digital print Digital technology has changed many facets of business and industry today. Computing and communications technology has allowed companies to revolutionise the manufacturing process – from producing goods and then hoping to sell them, to just-in- time production, where products are sold first and then manufactured to order, reducing waste, inventory and cost. It has also allowed them to produce products more in tune with individual customer’s needs, moving from mass production to
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What truly distinguishes digital printing from traditional printing is the ability to print every page differently. This is something that offset presses – including DI presses – can- not do. Offset presses can only print exact replicas of the same sheet, again and again. The digital colour presses that dominate the market now – and for the foreseeable future – are all toner based. They utilise electrophotography, either with liquid toners (Indigo), or dry toners (IBM, Kodak-Heidelberg, MAN Rola
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digital print Digital print workflow The entire process for the production of a printed document can be broken-down into three phases: prepress (which includes all steps after the design is completed up to the point where the job is printing), press or printing (the printing phase), and postpress or finishing (all the steps required to finish the job after printing and before distribution). Digital printing has greatly simplified two of these phases: prepress and press. For an understanding of
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DIGITAL PRINT WORKFLOW C M Y K CAPTIONS TO BE SUPPLIED different RIPs are used) and colours will not match exactly. A proof can be produced on a digital device (like a DocuColor printer or inkjet or dye sublimation system) or using a photomechanical system (like Cromalin). The advantage of digital systems is that they have a lower cost and quicker turnaround, and they better fit the digital workflow most use today. However, photomechanical systems are still used where film is an important part o
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digital print Press The job is now at the stage where it’s ready to be printed. If the job is being printed on a DocuColor 2045 or 2060, the operator will have calibrated the press earlier in the day and loaded the right paper. The job is then RIPped (using the appropriate settings) and printed. It doesn’t matter whether you want 1 copy or a thousand, the process is the same. On an offset press, the operator needs to set the press to make it ready for printing (called makeready). This process ca
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With the DocuColor 2045 and 2060, you’ll make the change to the file and re-submit the job. The printer will re-RIP the job and print it. Done. With the traditional offset process, you would also change the file and re-submit the job. Now the printer will have to create a new set of film, new plates, set the press up again, and then start printing. More steps for something to go wrong and more waste produced. What does digital print mean to you? New opportunities: added document value combining
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digital print The DocuColor 2045 and 2060 now allow consumers of print to have high quality colour work printed cost effectively on short runs – anywhere from a one-off up to 2,000 copies. You no longer have to buy long print runs to drive unit costs down. Because a digital press prints each page differently, you can even print one book at-a- time in a single print run. Examples of applications now possible with digital printing include: •Short run books • Limited run video covers and CD labels
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As the life cycle of products gets shorter and shorter, it means that with digital print you will always have the latest, most up-to-date, accurate and relevant support material and publications. It allows you to frequently update the content of your printed material and print small batches of the latest version, avoiding the distribution of incorrect or out-of-date material. Examples of applications suited to the just-in-time advantages of digital printing include: •Manuals •Brochures • Catalog
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digital print Variable information printing A unique characteristic of digital print is the ability to print every page differently. Not only does this mean you can print a multi-page document (like a book) in a single print run, but you can also personalise each sheet or page to an individual. It is achieved by changing certain text (like name and address) and/or images on the page. This new capability is called variable information printing (or variable data printing), which people may also ca
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Use of colour Colour attracts attention, increases impact, stimulates emotions, and touches us where pure reason and intellect do not. Use of colour in documents improves understanding and comprehension, helps organise data, and aids the reader in decision-making, learning, retention and recall. Numerous studies back the power of colour. Ronald E Green (The Persuasive Properties of Color, October 1984) showed that colour sells products and services better by up to 85% and provides savings in tim
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2 Image reproduction process The DocuColor 2045 and 2060 are digital colour presses with the ability to produce superb print quality on a broad range of paper stocks. This section includes a description of the technology that’s built into the presses that allows them to deliver on their promise as well as providing information on some of the capabilities of the DocuColor 2000 Series that will help you in designing documents for the press. This includes topics such as size considerations, print s
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Digital Blanket Significant improvements in image quality can be attributed to the Digital Blanket used in the DocuColor 2000 Series. The Digital Blanket passes under the four printing stations where the image is transferred to the blanket. The four colours of the image are assembled on the blanket – one on top of another in perfect register – and then transferred to the paper in a single pass when the blanket passes under a pressure roller. The uniform, flat surface of the Digital Blanket reduc
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image reproduction process TRACS To ensure consistency from first print to last, the DocuColor 2000 Series utilises a technology called TRACS (Toner Reproduction Auto Correction System). TRACS automatically measures 16 levels of density and colour, and makes adjustments on the fly. TRACS works by placing CMYK density patches directly on the Digital Blanket between pages as they circulate through the machine. These patches are then read by built-in auto density control sensors, and any quality ad
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Print speeds of the DocuColor 2060 are as follows (in images per minute): A4 A3 SRA3 64 – 80 gsm: 45 ipm 30 ipm 22.5 ipm 81 – 135 gsm: 60 ipm 30 ipm 30 ipm 136 – 220 gsm: 30 ipm 15 ipm 15 ipm 221 – 280 gsm: 22.5 ipm 15 ipm 7.5 ipm The DocuColor 2045 prints slower than the 2060. Print speeds are as follows (in images per minute): A4 A3 SRA3 64 – 80 gsm: 45 ipm 30 ipm 22.5 ipm 81 – 105 gsm: 45 ipm 30 ipm 30 ipm 106 – 150 gsm: 30 ipm 15 ipm 15 ipm 151 – 280 gsm: 22.5 ipm 15 ipm 7.5 ipm The product
