China book printing technology and paper
making technology have a long history, and today's book printing services in
China can also be exported to the world. With the technology and low prices for
printing in China, more and more publishing houses and self-publishing authors
from all over the world choose China book printing.
However, as a professional China book
printing company with more than 20 years of experience, we have also seen many
book printing designs. But unfortunately, many designs have appeared a
"renderings designers" situation. Because the book renderings made by
book printing designers are very beautiful, but they lack the ability of book
printing, resulting in poor actual effects in their final printed books.
So, today I want to popularize the types
and characteristics of common paper with you. I hope that book printing
designers can create superior designs using China book printing paper and
methods.
Generally speaking, paper can be divided
into four categories for book printing product: offset paper, light weight
coated paper, coated paper and specially paper.
1. Offset
paper
Offset paper is
a kind of high-grade printing paper, which is generally used for full-color
book printing on offset presses. Offset paper has small flexibility, uniform
ink absorption, good smoothness, opacity, and strong water resistance. They are
often used in the printing of catalog, comics book and children’s book printing
in China.
2. Light
weight coated paper
Light weight
coated paper refers to paper with less coating processing in coated paper. With
the advancement of modern coating technology in book printing China, the quality of light
weight coated paper has gradually improved. The advantage of light weight
coated paper is that the printing cost is low, so using it as the inner page
paper for book printing helps to balance the cost of book printing. In China
book printing, they are often used for magazine printing and brochure printing.
3. Coated
paper
More paint is
added than lightly coated paper, and paper with a smooth surface is called
coated paper. The surface of the coated paper has perfect processing, so use
the coated paper printing in China, the color reduction degree of the printed
book, that is to say, it can reproduce the photos in the book very well.
Furthermore, the thickness of coated paper is also thinner than other papers of
the same price. In China book printing, they are often used in book printing
with high quality of printed pictures, such as catalog printing and photo book
printing.
4. Specially
paper
In fact, in book
printing China, specially paper is just a general term for special paper. There
are also many types of special paper, such as colorful paper, paper with
special functions, paper with unique tone or texture, and so on. Generally
speaking, the price of special paper is higher than that of common printing
paper, but the effect of making special prints is also extraordinary.
1) Kraft paper
Kraft paper is
tough and water-resistant, suitable for packaging printing. Its color is close
to the original color of wood and is suitable for traditional or retro-style
designs. But the color rendering of kraft paper is not good, it is only
suitable for single-color printing.
2) Pearl paper
Pearl paper is
composed of three parts: bottom fiber, filler and surface coating. Its surface
is very smooth, thick, reflective and pearly. In China book printing, it is
often used for high-quality book printing.