1. What is Coated paper?
Coated paper is paper which has been coated by a compound to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight and surface gloss, smoothness or ink absorbency. It widely used to make the cover and the illustration of the book, also some colorful pictures, advertisements, samples, packages, labels, brochures and so on.
It includes 3 major printing papers.
1) Both sides coated art paper/gloss art paper,
Paper which has been coated by a compound on both sides. It is the most widely used paper in printing. Most of Magazine, catalog, Manual and other colorful books are use Both sides coated paper for printing.
2) Single side coated paper:
Paper which has been coated by a compound on just one side.
Used for postcard, cover of the notebook, or other one side full color printing products.
3) Matte paper,
Coated paper in matte surface. It is a little higher printing quality than both side coated paper, and used for high quality picture books.
2. What is Offset paper or Kraft paper?
Offset Paper is also called bond paper.It is now used for Notebook, exercise books, manual letterheads, envelopment and stationery.
Kraft paper is paper produced by the Kraft process from wood pulp. It is strong and relatively coarse. Kraft paper is usually a brown colour but can be bleached to produce white paper.
It is used for paper grocery bags, multi wall sacks, envelopes and other packaging.
3. What is Four color/ Full color printing?
In this type of industrial or commercial printing, the technique used to print full-color images, such as color photographs, is referred to as four-color-process printing, because four inks are used: three primary colors plus black. The "subtractive" primary ink colors are cyan, a bright blue; magenta, a vivid red-purple; and yellow; which are abbreviated as CMYK.
4 . How to contact us and send the inquiry?
If you visit our website, you will find us by selecting the “contact us” option. Your inquiry can be send by e-mail or fax. There will be Professional English Group to answer your questions and make you a quotation as soon as possible.
5. How to send the artwork / image / printing file to us?
You are welcome to copy your files on CD and send them to our office by express delivery. It may take you three to four days. We also appreciate if you visit our FTP online and upload your printing files. It only costs about thirty minutes.
6. What details of your product are necessary for quotation?
When you are making an inquiry, please accompany with the size, printing color, paper stock and quantity of the product you want. If you need to print books or brochures, we are glad that you tell us the page number and the binding.
7. What is the turnaround time for an order?
The turnaround time is depending on the specifications of your printing order. Our production time is generally 3-8 business days, usually within 5 business days. Orders with post-press finishing such as membrane coating, binding, paperhanging, die cutting, bronzing, etc generally take more than 5 business days.
8. How to choose the paper for your printing products?
You can find different types of general paper in question 1 and choose the appropriate type which suits your product. We can provide special printing service according to your requirements.
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