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    Print Process?

    What print process would be required to 'make the most out of a two colour print'?
    Does it matter with digital prints?
    Is it when you're using plates to print etc.

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    Presumably printing anything digital implies the use of CMYK colours, so the budget benefit of overprinting one colour over another to achieve a third would all be negated as the artwork would need to be converted to CMYK to be printable digitally anyway?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pcbranding View Post
    Presumably printing anything digital implies the use of CMYK colours, so the budget benefit of overprinting one colour over another to achieve a third would all be negated as the artwork would need to be converted to CMYK to be printable digitally anyway?
    Exactly, for quality look at litho printed pantone/spot colours...

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    Yeah thats what I was after :)
    Litho...just couldn't remember the name of it.
    Is that how you do your printing Boss?

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    We offer litho and digital (short run)

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    Two colour printing still used a lot for stationery (letterheads etc) especially by bigger companies when they need to keep corporate colours accurate. Many pantones won't print exactly in CMYK.

    You can be very creative in two colours - both with mixing and also things like Duotones.

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