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Adding Metallic Colours To Wide Format Workflow


Timo Keersmaekers explains how to include special effects into a graphic

Year
2011
Company
Roland DG
Author
Timo Keersmaekers
Categories
Market Segment
3D
Automotive
Credit Cards
Ceramics
Decor
Discs
Electronics
Flag & Banner
Flat Glass
Flooring
Food
Graphic
Hollow glass
In Mould
Labelling
Packaging
Pharmaceuticals
Security
Textile
White Goods
Printing Type
Digital
Subject
Inks

In the past, gold and silver effects could only be produced by complex printing systems such as offset, flexo and screen-printing.

It is necessary to make plates or screen-printing frames for all these techniques - and this proved to be an expensive method, especially for small print runs.

They also require a great deal of professional expertise.

Nowadays, however, printing metallic colours can be both cost-efficient and easy.

The answer lies in wide-format printers.

Adding Metallic Colours To Wide Format Workflow

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