I was going to blog about the difference between RGB colour space and CMYK colour space, however, I have already written about this on our main website and have decided to post a link to it instead.
CMYK Printing

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Most designers with experience of the printing industry will know the following, for those that don’t, this article will hopefully be of use to you ensuring you get exactly what you require.
How many pages?
We often get asked to give quotes on bespoke jobs, the customer will say for example “I need a quote on 500 x A4 [...]

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Due to the amount of times we are asked, I thought I would make a post explaining what (by law) must be displayed on your business stationery if you are a UK limited company.
Under the Companies Act 1985 your company must state its name (as it appears in its memorandum of association) on its business [...]

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VAT on printed products explained.
VAT on printed items can be difficult to understand, even for us! Mainly because what is printed on the product in question can determine if the product is standard rated (vatable) or zero rated (VAT exempt).
As an example, leaflets are zero rated as standard, however, if your leaflet was to offer discount on a [...]

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Coated Stock Explained
Stock is a term used in the printing industry and refers to the material that is to be printed on, for example, paper, card, vinyl etc.
As the name suggests, coated stock has a coating and this is usually of china clay, this gives the paper/card a smooth surface which can be gloss or [...]

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Printer’s Bleed
If you haven’t designed print ready artwork before then one of the most important factors to take into consideration is printer’s bleed.
Firstly, you need to understand how a commercial printer prints, the following applies to the majority of printed products, however, as an example:
You require 5,000 300gsm A6 Flyers, these are not printed onto [...]

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At Stationery Direct we offer a wide selection of FREE print templates, our print templates are set in the correct colour mode (CMYK) and contain a blank canvas with the correct trim and bleed for commercial printing.
Our print templates are FREE for anybody to download, once you have created your masterpiece they can then be supplied back to us for [...]

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