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What are the stages of manufacturing folding cartons?
There are many steps involve in preparing folding cartons. For example,
Different design layouts are prepared.
- Than Repressing is done with the help of machines. It means different sheets are unrolled and cut according to the requirements
- Than sheets are cut keeping the designs in view. This process is called die making.
- Than it comes printing which is the main step.
- After printing is completed manufacturers start cutting and creasing the sheets according to the given measurement
- After completing printing and cutting, recycling is started to minimize the wastage
- In the end all the sheets are glued t gather to give the final shapes to the carton.
What is SBS stand for?
It stands for Solid bleached Sulfate. This type of packaging is mostly used in the food and beverage industry. Very little recycled material is used in making these paper board boxes. These boxes are ideal for graphic printing because of their less stiffness.
What is a die line and which one is preferable?
The other name for process color is CMYK which tells about four basic colors like cyan, magenta, yellow and black. These basic colors are used to make all other colors through concentration and the process of saturation. On the other hand, the Pantone Matching System color is a particular color scheme that uses exceptional ink according to the numbers given in the chart. It's a bit technical and involves more cost and money as the colors appear exactly you want them, unlike colors that are shown on the screen of computers. Both are good color schemes and equally useful. It depends on the choice and depends on the nature of the product. For instance, the Pantone Matching System color is regarded as more expensive but it is appropriate for the food and liquid industry. On the other side, the process color is suitable for lightweight items.
What is prepress and what are the steps involved in it?
As its name shows pre means “before” and press mean printing. After finalizing the designs the manufacturers think about its digital printing procedure which involves the following steps and this entire task is done on the computer. The process may differ depending on the nature of the file but mostly these common steps are done.
- Fonts are checked and set according to the required size
- They make changes in the graphic designs.
- Camera-ready artwork is completed
- Then comes color separation by using the proper formula
- Crop marks are included
- Pages are put in the order for taking prints easily
- Prepress proofs are taken
- Lastly?/finally they get film and create printing plates
How do you explain embossing?
It is a process or technique used by printing and packaging companies to get a 3-D shape. Emboss means to create recessed or relief images on paper or suchlike stuff.