In the past decade, I’ve had a few hundred ‘just out of university’ graphic design interns through our door. Some with extremely portfolios of work, some with potential. Each time they have started, I have been astounded as to their almost ignorance of designing for print. They knew fundamentals of typography, white space, colour scheming, …
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People always have an ilJaneon about the print size of a picture saw on the computer screen when they create the printed paper box artwork. They believe that the print size and quality will be same as the one they see on the pc screen. If you are one of them and are planning to …
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Image resolution for printing – LPI and DPI When we prepare the artwork of the custom paper boxes for printing, we come across a lot of jargon, like pixels, ppi, dpi, spi, lpi. In this post, we will have a full explanation for these terms. Reference: http://the-print-guide.blogspot.com/2009/04/image-resolution-for-printing-lpi-vs.html Part1: Raster Image, Pixels, Resolution, PPI, DPI, SPI What …
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In the convenience store, supermarket, a beautifully printed paper box with a hanger tab is too striking to escape the consumers’ eye. And the products packed within sell fast. Why? The hanger tab does the tricks. With the hanger tab, the product is hanged at the best visual position and is seen easily. And the …
In the Adobe Illustrator, the alignment is quite easy at the first glance, but you will be quite frustrating when you want to align one object to a specific object. Here are the steps to align relative to a key object when you are creating the paper box printing artwork: Select the objects to align …
Artwork and Dieline Creating — align multiple objects relative to a key object in AI Read More »
The right print coating of the printed paper box can help protect the printed piece from mositure, scratching, scuffing and finger prints. Also it can add the creative dimension to the carton box to achieve certain visual effect. The print coating usually goes with the coated paper, because the hard, nonporous surface of coated paper …
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The dimensions of the A series paper sizes are defined by the ISO 216 standard. And it is widely adopted by the countries in Europe and North America. However, things are quite different in China. For example, the international standard A4 paper size is 210*297mm, while it is 210*285mm in China. Due to the low …
Tuck top auto bottom box and tuck top snap bottom box are the most common box structure used in the paper printed packaging. However, it might seem quite complicated to create the dieline for such packaging boxes. Below we illustrate how to create the auto bottom box and snap bottom box. 1. Auto Bottom Box …
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