Printing Knowledge Center

Rich Black adds percentages of Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow to Black ink. Using all four CMYK ink colors creates a deeper and darker tone than using Black ink by itself.

Each category of paper has a basic size from which a paper’s basis weight is figured. The basis weight of a paper is based on the weight of 500 sheets in its basic size.

Blind Embossing is a creative finishing technique that presses images or text into a paper substrate, without the use of any ink, metallic foil, or spot clear coat as an enhancement.

Saddle Stitching is one of the most widely used binding methods. Though simple and inexpensive, it adds a very professional appearance and function to printed books.

Perfect Binding is a popular bookbinding method for creating softcover books. Perfect Bound books have a very impressive appearance yet are quite economical.

Printing text or graphics as a Reverse is a creative design technique where the background color is printed but the actual text or graphic is left unprinted.