PRINT FINISHES
Cold Foil for Flexo
Cold foiling is a fast and cost-effective on-press process for applying foil to a variety of substrates. Once printed, the surface of cold foil image is often varnished to provide a durable surface. Because it utilises a printing plate, the registration between the applied foil and the printed inks and varnish is press perfect. Cold foils are available in silver and gold, in addition to stock and custom holographic patterns. Overprinting offers a limitless palette of color options.
Laminates for Dairy Products
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Gloss/Matt Varnish
A coating of varnish over printed label material protects it from the wear and tear that is part of everyday handling, allowing the product to remain intact for a longer period. Available in gloss and matt, usually a design choice but matt varnish can diffuse light to make for easier reading.
Spot Colours/Spot Varnish
Spot colour printing is used when one or more colours need to be matched and reproduced consistently for a logo, graphic, or special design element. Spot colour inks can accurately reproduce colours that are outside the gamut of '4 colour process' colours. Spot Varnish can also be used to highlight a particular area of a design.
Reverse Print
Reverse printed labels may use a transparent film in order that it can be put to use as a window sticker. There may be an image printed on one side of the label, with instructions printed on the reverse that can be read when the label is removed.
Reverse printed labels are widely used on items such as cosmetics and food and beverage products, giving the client more print space for instructions, safety advice, content information or design. The reverse printed label can be peelable, with promotional materials on the front and more information on the reverse when peeled away. This effectively doubles the amount of space available for printing which is extremely useful when printing cosmetics labels.
Embossing
Embossing uses heat and custom dies to give a distinctive appearance to a label. Both male and female dies are applied to the label (one on each side), and heat and pressure then give a raised 3-D texture.
Embossed labels can have either raised text or images, or they can have a complex texture to all or part of the surface. Embossing is often used on wine labels to add a look of quality, it can also be used in conjunction with foil.
Braille
We are a leading supplier of Braille labels, which are designed specifically to aid blind and visually impaired people by improving packaging safety. These labels can be supplied on different substrates and carry raised dots sized between 0.25mm and 0.5mm and comply with BS9000:2001 Pharmaceutical Packaging Material Standard.
Die Cutting
We have a massive library of cutters which we can call upon for many of the standard shapes and sizes required by our existing customers. If however you require a specialist shape or size, we are able to produce these. In some cases for large print runs, these are free of charge.