November 30, 2018
Perfect for outdoor use, our Guru Printers Bumper Stickers are printed on 4mil premium white flexible vinyl film and coated with acrylic adhesive that’s laminated to a 90# layflat liner. The film is designed to accept a variety of solvent based and curable inks. The liner offers excellent product layflat, adhering easily to most bumpers […]
November 30, 2018
With Akuafoil, you can turn a wide range of CMYK colors into multi-colored foils. Akuafoil uses a special processed foil system that is applied under a 4/c process to create an array of foil colors. It’s simple, affordable, and makes your prints stand out from the crowd. For an Akuafoil job, you must include an […]
November 30, 2018
We offer 1/4″ and 1/8″ radius round corners to all of our customers. The image below shows the two different radiuses for comparison.
November 30, 2018
We can only use one type of foil per order so for example you can not order a Foil Worx job with Gold foil on the front and Silver foil on the back. Foil job files are set up just like our Spot UV job files. You must provide a separate Foil mask file: black […]
November 30, 2018
When designing plastic cards, it is important to keep in mind that the frosted and clear plastic cards are transparent. Also, all plastic cards come with round corners at no extra charge! As you can see, the difference in the transparency is shown in the image above. The clear cards (right) are completely transparent. The […]
November 30, 2018
Our Certified Templates are a great tool to create artwork that can be printed faster, easier, and more accurately. Here is what each of the lines mean inside the template: Here is what an 8.5×11 brochure template looks like: These templates will help you identify where the cut line, bleed line, and safety line, are […]
November 30, 2018
When a job is coated with UV then scored and folded the job may begin to crack. During use, the cracks will become bigger and the ink may start to chip off. CLOSE UP SCORING Cracking is normal when coated jobs are scored and folded. Ordering the job without UV will help but may not […]
November 30, 2018
Many things can cause banding. Banding can be caused by the program that it is exported from, such as Indesign or Corel. Also, too many gradient steps, for example going from a very light color to a dark color, in a small area will cause banding. CLOSE UP OF BANDING To prevent this, check your […]
November 30, 2018
Cracking of the edges of a business card sometimes occurs when the card contains high values of ink, as in dark colors. CLOSE UP OF BUSINESS CARD This usually happens on a small amount of cards in the run. To prevent this, use lighter colors or if you must use dark colors, use as little […]
November 30, 2018
Rich black is an ink mixture of solid black, 100% K, with additional CMY ink values. This results in a darker tone than black ink alone. If you print black alone as 100% K, the resulting black may not be as dark as you might like. 100% K ON SCREEN 100% K AFTER PRINT We […]
November 30, 2018
Grayscale images that are converted to CMYK will have a color shift in the final print. That shift may be green or yellow. Always check the CMYK values of your grayscale in the final CMYK document. If there are other values other than K in your grayscale image, there is a chance that the color […]
November 30, 2018
When using a blue in your design, always make sure to leave at least a 30% difference in your Cyan and Magenta values. 100% C 100% M 0% Y 0% K ON SCREEN AFTER PRINTING Blue is close to purple in the CMYK spectrum. Remember, use a low amount of magenta whenever using high amounts […]
November 30, 2018
When creating a Spot UV job, you must include a Spot UV template file along with the regular print file. The Spot UV template file is used to show where the UV coating needs to be applied. “For better quality we recommend creating mask files in vector based programs such as Illustrator or CorelDRAW. Please […]
November 30, 2018
No. We are now specifically set up to process one side at a time, and this requires that each side of a job must be on a separate file. 2 Files – 1FR, 1BK 1 File – FR&BK Not separating files will cause delays and you might have to send the files again. Remember to […]
November 30, 2018
When sending artwork, do not send extra files, like proofs or samples, because they might get printed. Only send the files you need printed. DO NOT SEND THESE KINDS OF FILES We are not responsible for these kinds of files being printed. Unless requested by one of our employees, DO NOT send files that you […]
November 30, 2018
Any transparency issue can be resolved before saving your file. What a transparency problem looks like on screen… After a transparency problem is printed… To prevent this, never use shadows, glows, or any other transparency (image or otherwise) on top of a spot color. Always convert your spot color to CMYK and flatten before sending.