A barrage of printing terms left me with a headache upon first contacting a printing company
As a designer, you've finally completed a beloved design product and are eager to have it printed. After contacting several printing companies, you're left scratching your head at the sales representatives' responses:
"We can't do that because it's mostly plastic printing."
"You'll need screen printing for this one. Our company currently only does offset printing."
"For map printing, you'll need to get the content reviewed beforehand. Please remember to do this in advance."
Just as you've stepped into the world of printing companies, you're already dizzy from the dazzling array of printing terms.
You hear some printing companies claiming to specialize in metal printing, while others tout the efficiency of offset printing. Faced with these technical terms, you feel confused: Plastic printing refers to the material, while offset printing seems to be about efficiency. You want to print an art portfolio. How should you ask? How should you choose?
Don't worry, the next few articles will help you unravel the mysteries of various printing processes, help you understand the basic concepts and applications of various printing processes, and communicate with printing companies using structured thinking.
Plastic printing, screen printing, and map printing are all types of printing processes, just in different dimensions. The printing industry is generally classified by six dimensions, and the subcategories of each dimension are the process terms directly related to us. Here are the details.
Understanding printing classification is the foundation for communication with printing companies. However, printing is a complex project, and printing processes also have their own space to play due to different presentation goals. In the next article, we will learn about the definitions, characteristics, and practical applications of key processes.