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Silk-Screened and Offset Printed Labels

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Silk-screened and Offset printed Media

If  you are replicating a large quantity of CD-Roms or DVD-Roms (1000 +), you  will have a professional label inked directly to the surface of the disc.  There are two types: silk-screened and offset print. What’s the difference and which should you choose?

  • Silk-screened labels are labels where ink is literally pushed through a screen onto the disc.  You can typically use up to 5 or 6 colors and each screen represents a color.
  • Offset printed labels are labels where ink is placed onto the disc using special printing pads.  The artwork will always be printed 4 color process over a flood of white ink.

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