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The process of four-color overprinting of business cards

Mar 24, 2025 Leave a message

The process of four-color overprinting of business cards

Whether it is the material, style, and color of the business card, it is made with reference to the business card template or user requirements, and the material has evolved from coated paper to kraft paper or other materials, and the printing color has evolved from the most ordinary white to colorful. In terms of printing color, the printing market summarized an article on the four-color overprinting process of business cards for the reference and learning of the majority of printers. Printing _ When printing four-color overprinted images, four-color film should be produced! Dry the film film every two colors on a PS plate (blue red in a yellow version and dark color in a plate), use the corner line on the film as a reference, try to align the film film with the PS plate, and then put the two plates on the printing machine at the same time to dry, so as to ensure the consistency of the four colors on the PS plate. Inking: Turn off the water button on the machine before inking, and then apply the ink. When printing four-color overprint, arrange the color sequence according to the drying speed of the ink, usually blue--- red--- yellow--- black (four-color machine vice versa), the ink is evenly smeared on the ink roller when inking, the amount of ink is easy to be less and not too much, if necessary, you can use the ink fountain to ensure the uniformity of the inking, and start the machine on the good ink, so that the ink is evenly distributed on each roller. Hanging plate: will make a good hole, develop a good PS version, hang on the upper drum of the machine, remember to hang the PS version right, do not skew, (the design can be done on the non-forest piece to do an auxiliary horizontal straight line, the use of heaven and earth adjustment to print this line to the edge of the business card, to refer to, whether this version is horizontal, to adjust the line and the edge of the business card level, and then use the heaven and earth adjustment to adjust this line out of the printing area), the level of the first color version is very important, which will directly lead to the quality of the other colors behind, the PS version of the hanging is tight, Then start the machine and prepare it for printing. Paper: Flat, consistent size of high-quality paper is the guarantee of fine printing! If the paper is uneven, it must be adjusted before it can be used, otherwise it will be difficult to register the other colors later. Printing: After adjusting the position of the world and the left and right sides of the machine, rely on the plate, ink, water, adjust the upper and lower printing pressure, pay attention, four-color overprinting, try not to change the pressure at will during the printing process, due to the change of pressure, the color of the paper and ink will change, which has a great impact on exquisite printing! Adjust the balance of ink and water, the water is not large, the smaller the better, as long as the version is not dirty, as small as possible, to ensure the ink color. Then transfer, test print, print the first color. After the completion of the first color, you need to dry the ink, print the second color, during which you can wash the car, change the ink, adjust the layout, the first color paper that will be dried, collect it, and then put it into the stacking paper table, carry out the second color printing, the printing still uses the heaven and earth, the side gauge, to adjust the position, if you see that the layout is skewed, you should immediately adjust, and the next few colors should be completely dependent on the position of the first color printing to align. After aligning the position, it can be printed. The last two colors are also carried out according to this procedure. The above is about the process of four-color overprinting of business cards, whether it is helpful for you in business card printing. If you have the corresponding printing needs, you can have entered the merchant channel, the first choice for cost-effective printing production services, and provide professional printing services and solutions.

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