Finishing Techniques

Question 1

Hot foil blocking?

Answer 1

Gold or silver print on hard cover books. Area that needs to be HFB is embossed, thin coat of glue on embossed area, then printed on the embossed area.

Question 2

Embossing? What’s good?

Answer 2

Where part of the design is raised or indented.

Really professional stands out

Question 3

Laminating? What’s good?

Answer 3

Paper coated with a thin layer of poly ethylene to give it a shiny coated look.
Really professional.
Makes paper more durable.

Question 4

Spot varnishing? What’s good?

Answer 4

Part of the design is shiny and other part matte.

Poly ethylene to varnish it.

Question 5

What is HFBed?

Answer 5

Hard cover books

Question 6

What is embossed?

Answer 6

Biscuit tins

Bank cards

Question 7

What is laminated?

Answer 7

Bank cards and ID cards

Question 8

What is spot varnished?

Answer 8

Paper
Books
Magazines

Question 9

What is a bleed?

Answer 9

When you design bigger than what you are designing for to reduce waste