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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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Plastic vs Paper - colors can change

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

This one is for all you graphic designers  out there creating artwork for CDs and DVDs and corresponding custom printed cardboard packaging and print. Always remember to keep this in mind: printing on plastic vs paper is very different and if you use a specific color for the CD, it may not look the same on the cardboard or paper materials!  You need to determine how important color scheme is for your particular product or client.  If there are important colors that represent  your company or client and that can have no variation, please take this advice: do not use the same artwork on the CD as the packaging!

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