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Numbers This booklet is all about the technical side of printing. Which format & resolutions that are important for print paper size and the costs for printing at LCA.

FORMAT Make sure you successfully save your work & Save your Files in the appropriate Format. If printing from illustrator or photoshop its best to have the original document especially if your sending your work to a printers as they might need to tweak things to adjust your artwork there print settings.

In Indesign you can package your document by File > Package this will pretty much sandwich all the content that is on there including images & fonts its very useful for digitally printing. Make sure when your creating a publication in In design that your individual page number is a multiple of four.

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An alternative of saving your work PDF is one of the most common File Formats PDF stands for Portable document format and it can be opened in variety of programmes and web browsers.

PAPER SIZE A - SERIES

C - SERIES

A0 = 1189 x 841mm A1 = 841 x 594mm A2 = 594 x 420mm A3 = 420 x 297mm A4 = 297 x 210mm A5 = 210 x 148mm A6 = 148 x 105mm A7 - 74 × 105 A8 - 52 × 74 A9 -37 × 52 A10 -26 × 37

C0 - 297 × 917 C1 - 917 × 648 C2 - 648 × 458 C3 - 458 × 324 C4 - 324 × 229 C5 - 229 × 162 C6 - 162 × 114 C7 - 114 × 81 C8 - 81 × 57 C9 - 57 × 40 C10 - 40 × 28

B - SERIES B0 - 1414 × 1000 B1 -1000 × 707 B2 - 707 × 500 B3 - 500 × 353 B4 - 353 × 250 B5 - 250 × 176 B6 - 176 × 125 B7 - 125 × 88 B8 - 88 × 62 B9 - 62 × 44 B10 - 44 × 31

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STOCK PAPER WEIGHTS When it comes to printing one of the first thing you need to decide is which paper type you choose.

90 – 100 gsm Used for stationery, text for magazines and booklets, flyers and brochures.

120 -170 gsm used for text for booklets, flyers and brochures. The heavier the weight, the more “upmarket” the feel.

200 – 250 gsm Ideal for magazine and booklet covers 280 – 420 gsm Used for cards of all sorts and book and booklet covers.

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Lamination / Celloglazing Lamination offers a substantial protection to your printed materials. It’s waterproof and makes the paper more durable. As a finishing option you can choose from matt or gloss celloglazing to give your designed cards or brochures something extra.

Premium Textured and Metallic Papers For your printing products you can choose from a wide selection of specialty papers to give that extra something to your printed collaterals.

Linen paper stock - This is a sensible paper characterised by a subtle, calm grid woven fabric pattern, and the material has a sturdy surface with a soft colour.

Silky Matte paper stock - bright white surface, excellent colour results, excellent text legibility.

// POINTS “Point” is a unit of measurement used in typography that is equal to 1/72 inch. It is used primarily for representing the height of characters and the amount of space between lines, also known as leading. // PICA “Pica” refers to a unit of measurement equal to 1/6 of an inch or 12 points. Pica and points can be used interchangeably and many typographers use pica as their standard unit of measurement.

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PRINTING COSTS AT LCA: //Screen printing at LCA Blenheim Walk Large - £6.00 Fashion - £4.50 Medium(A1) - £4.00 Small (A2) Yellow Mesh Only - £3.50 Large Sample (A3) - £3.00 Small Sample (A4) - £2.00 Tile(A5) - £1.00 White pot - £0.50p //Foiling & Flocking at LCA Blenheim walk Foil Various Colours per 10cm - £0.50p Flock papers Full - £5.40 Flock Papers Half - £2.70 Flock papers Quarter - £1.35 Binder Fabric printing medium - £0.50p //Laser cut - It is free to use the laser cutter at LCA you do need to take your own stock to the laser cut onto but mdf cut offs are always available so you can experiment with.

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//Digital

A4

Satin/gloss 75p Matt 75p Harman FB £1 Matt s/adh £1 Clear s/adh £1 Tracing 10p Acetate £1 Own paper 20p Canvas FireProof Matt 190g Waterproof Matt Banner Vinyl

A3

A2

A1

A0

£1.50 £3 £8 £14 £1.50 £3 £8 £14 £2 £4 £10 £20 £2 £4 £8 £16 £2 £4 £8 £16 20p 50p £2 £4 £1.80 £3 £10 n/a 50p £1 £2 £4 £25 per metre £10 per metre £9 per metre £9 per metre £10 per metre

N IS FOR NUMBERS # 4 TIMES AVAILABLE TO PRINT: //Print room Opening hours 9.00am-5.00pm Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday 9.00am-4.30pm Monday and Friday Print Room Shop Monday to Friday 9.00am-9.30am 1.00pm - 1.30pm //Laser Cut Monday to Friday 9.00-4.00 Book laser cut slots with your course administrator for a 1 hour slot. //Digital Print Monday to Friday 8.45-12 1-4.30 Drop in Times 8.45-10 & 1-2