Screened Copy:

• Use it to highlight areas.
• Use it to shade backgrounds.
• A variety of are densities available.
• Screened copy is supplied in a negative or on a disk.
• Use 5% to 15% screen in areas that will be imprinted.
• Use halftones for pictures.

Web Press Equipment:

Integrated and affixed products that have a continuous or unit set carrier are most generally printed on a web press. Laser or single sheet carriers can be printed on a web press or a sheet fed press. Web presses have plate and blanket cylinders, which along with other components, produce a printed impression on paper. The plate and blanket cylinders have a slot or gap in them where the plate and the blanket are attached. Nothing can print in the gap area. The nonprintable area is known as the "cylinder gap" or the "plate lockup". The gap area is usually 3/8" in depth and extends the full width of the sheet.

• The manufacturer can work around image size limitations by trying to adjust the copy within the image limitations.
• The copy can be printed as a split image (run on two separate printing units on the same press).
• The application can be printed oversize and then trimmed to the finished size on unit set, laser and single sheet carriers.
• Laser or single sheet carriers can be printed on sheet fed equipment.
   

Sheet Fed Equipment:

Laser or single sheet carriers can be printed on sheet fed presses. The image limitations are less restrictive on sheet fed presses. The carrier can be printed oversize and trimmed to the finished size. Indicate where the copy bleeds so the supplier can allow for the proper gripper and trim needed. Although printing the form on sheet fed equipment may solve image limitations problems, it may not be cost effective if you are running a large quantity of forms.

Affixed Product - Image Limitations:

See the image limitations for the product type being attached. See Cards-Image Limitations or Labels-Image Limitations.

Integrated Product - Image Limitations:

The integrated product is actually part of the carrier so image limitations are considered along with image limitations on the carrier.

Backprinting is any copy printed on the back side of the carrier or affixed product.

• The same design features are available as on the front of the carrier or affixed product.
• The same image limitations apply to the back as on the front of the carrier or affixed product.

Marginal words are printed on a dry offset unit using a rubber stamp type of material. They are generally used on the continuous or unit set carriers but can be used on laser or single sheet if required.

• They are usually printed in a standard red ink.
• They are used to make reference to the distribution of the form or to provide special instructions for the user.
• They may be used as a method to add an additional color to a form, but the quality will not be as good as the quality produced by a regular offset printing unit.
• There may be size limitations depending on your supplier's capabilities.