Issue CMYK

Please note, due to popular demand, the 2024 CMYK issue is available for purchase only. Special 10 year anniversary edition – To celebrate ten years in production, we have created this special edition of GSM, focussing on the intricacies of print. A collation of updated previously published education articles, along with some new ones, to create an essential reference tool for all of those involved in the world of print.

$19.95

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GSM – CMYK Description

1.0 COLOUR
1.1. CMYK Colour
1.2. Screen Colour
1.3. Colour Methodology

2.0 PRINT PROCESSES
2.1. Long-Run Versus Short-Run Printing
2.2. Offset Lithography
2.3. Other Forms Of Long-Run Printing
2.4. Digital Printing
2.5. Letterpress
2.6. Print Methods Summary Chart

3.0 BEYOND PRINT
3.1. Clear Print Coatings
3.2. Embossing & Debossing
3.3. Foiling
3.4. Die-Cutting
3.5. Folding
3.6. Binding
3.7. Trimming

4.0 ARTWORK
4.1. Document Set-Up
4.2. Colour
4.3. Photographic Images
4.4. Packaging & Exporting Artwork Files

5.0 PAPER
5.1. Type Of Papers
5.2. Specifying Paper

6.0 REFERENCE
6.1 Line/Stroke weights
6.2 Working with Gradients
6.3 CMYK Colour Charts
6.4 Common Paper Sizes
6.5 Type Sizes

Glossary Of Terms

FEATURED STOCKS: STOCK & PRINT SPECS

  • Cover printed CMYK + matt aqueous coating + spot UV (satin varnish inside) on Sumo Matt 300gsm
  • P3 – 14 printed CMYK on Eco100 115gsm
  • P15 – 82 printed CMYK on Sumo Laser 120gsm
  • P75 – 78 printed CMYK+ Pantone PMS021U on Sumo Laser 120gsm
  • P83 – 98 printed CMYK on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell Ultra White 104gsm
  • P99 – 110 printed CMYK + satin varnish on Sumo Gloss 113gsm