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Printing knowledge

Interlaced like a mountain, you want to know an industry in a few words, it is impossible!

If you want to engage in the design and printing industry, the main thing to do is to learn to quote, negotiate and sign the bill.

First of all, you have to understand:

First, the printing paper industry terminology explanation

Second, common printing terms

In case you don't know the paper and printing method required by customers when you start a business in the future.

I hope this information will be helpful to your field of work. More professional skills are only

You gradually accumulate in your personal work.

First, the printing paper industry terminology explanation

waistband

Include double-sided adhesive tape, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, high-grade double-sided adhesive tape, sealing adhesive tape, adhesive tape and paper adhesive tape.

rush

Comprises a paper core, corrugated paper, a paper tube core and a spiral paper tube core.

paperboard

Cardboard: Generally, paper with a thickness greater than 0. 1 mm is called cardboard. Generally, it can be divided into four categories: packaging cardboard, industrial cardboard, building cardboard and printing decorative cardboard. Generally, a basis weight of less than 225g/m2 is considered as paper, while a basis weight of 225g/m2 or more is considered as paperboard.

Paper barrel

Comprises a paper square barrel, a paper tube, a paper tube core and a spiral paper tube.

paperboard

Also known as cardboard.

paper cup

It is a cup-shaped liquid packaging container, including hot and cold drinking cups and fast food cups.

paper bag

There are four types of paper bags according to the different sealing methods of bag edge, bottom and back: slotted bottom bag, open corner bottom bag, valve seam bag and valve flat hexagonal bottom plastic bag. Use more than four layers of kraft paper as bags to package products such as cement and fertilizer. According to the performance of packaging, different types of paper bags are used. Other paper bags: including cement bags, feed bags, wax paper bags, fertilizer bags, laminating paper bags, four-layer paper bags and medicine bags.

Carton

To a great extent, carton packaging promotes and beautifies goods with its exquisite shape and decoration, and improves the competitiveness of goods. Because the shape and structural design of cartons are often determined by the shape characteristics of packaged goods, there are many styles and types, such as rectangular, square, polygonal, shaped cartons, cylindrical and so on. , but the production process is basically the same, that is, selecting materials-designing icons-making templates-stamping-assembling boxes.

wrapping paper

Packaging paper requires high strength, low moisture content, low air permeability and no corrosion. Food packaging paper also requires hygiene, sterility, no pollution and no impurities. Packaging paper includes kraft paper, chicken skin paper, bag paper, parchment paper, cellophane paper, tar paper, moisture-proof paper, gunpowder packaging paper, neutral packaging paper, translucent paper, rust-proof paper, oil-proof paper, food packaging paper, paraffin paper, tea bag paper, red electro-optical gun paper, vacuum aluminized paper, etc.

coated paper

Pigment, adhesive and auxiliary materials are made into paint, which is coated on the surface of cardboard by special equipment. After drying and calendering, a smooth and dense coating is formed on the paper surface, and coated paper with good surface performance and printing performance is obtained. Mostly used in cigarette cases, labels, cartons, etc.

offset paper

Mainly single-sided offset paper. Paper is white and smooth, but its whiteness, compactness and smoothness are lower than coated paper. Super calendered offset paper has better smoothness and compactness than ordinary calendered offset paper. After printing words and patterns, you can paste them into cartons with yellow paperboard.

Trademark paper

Commercial paper is white and has good printing performance. It is used to make trademark marks.

kraft paper

Including cardboard, cement bag paper, high-strength corrugated paper and brown cardboard. Kraft paper is a kind of high-strength packaging paper made of cork kraft pulp, which has tough texture, high strength and yellowish brown paper surface. It can be divided into single-sided luster, double-sided luster, striped and non-striped, and its quality requirements are slightly different. Kraft paper is mainly used to make small paper bags, document bags and inner packaging of industrial products, textiles and daily necessities. Kraft paper is divided into U grade, A grade and B3 grade.

corrugated paper

Corrugated paper is pressed into corrugated shape in the production process. After being made into corrugated board, it will improve the elasticity and flat compressive strength of the board and affect the vertical compressive strength and other properties. Corrugated paper should be flat and uniform in thickness, and there should be no paper defects such as folds, cracks and holes, otherwise it will increase the breakage in the production process and affect the product quality.

Bag paper

Wrapped paper is similar to kraft paper. Most of them are softwood kraft pulp, and some of them are mixed with bamboo pulp, cotton stalk pulp and rag pulp in China. Therefore, bag paper has high mechanical strength and is generally used to make packaging bags for industrial products such as cement, pesticides and fertilizers. In order to meet the requirements of filling, bag paper requires certain air permeability and large elongation.

cellophane paper

Cellophane is a widely used lining paper and decorative wrapping paper. Its transparency makes people know the goods inside at a glance. After the surface is coated with plastic, it has the properties of moisture-proof, waterproof, airtight and heat sealing, which plays a good role in protecting the goods. Compared with ordinary plastic film, it has the advantages of no static electricity, dust prevention and good kink. Cellophane is available in white and color.

Art poster board

It is a flat paper with smooth surface and hard texture.

White double-layer paperboard

White cardboard can be divided into double-sided white cardboard and single-sided white cardboard. Double-sided white cardboard is only used for packaging high-grade goods, while single-sided white cardboard is mostly used for general cartons, such as making outer packaging boxes for cigarettes, cosmetics, medicines, food, stationery and other goods.

composite paper

Laminated paper, cardboard and other plastics, aluminum foil, cloth, etc. Bonding with adhesive to obtain composite processing paper. Composite processing paper can not only improve the appearance and strength of paper and paperboard, but also improve the waterproof, moisture-proof, oil-resistant, air-tight and fragrance-preserving properties, and at the same time obtain heat sealing, light blocking and heat resistance. The methods of producing composite paper include wet method, dry method, hot melting and extrusion compounding.

printing paper

Paper specially designed for printing. According to the use, it can be divided into: newsprint, book paper, cover paper, securities paper and so on. According to different printing methods, it can be divided into relief printing paper, gravure printing paper and offset printing paper.

Color printing paper

It mainly includes color printing cartons and color printing cartons.

moisture-proof paper

It is a wrapping paper made of asphalt between two layers of base paper. It is mainly used for packaging cigarettes to prevent moisture, and can also be used as fruit packaging. Moisture-proof paper has a certain moisture-proof ability, and its moisture-proof rate is at least above 15%. Good moisture-proof paper is evenly coated, firmly bonded, free from paper peeling and asphalt penetration, with heat resistance not less than 85 degrees, no peculiar smell and no influence on cigarette quality. But at present, this kind of paper is not used to pack cigarettes.

paper products

Including paper products, paper products printing, paper products packaging machinery, paper products processing, paper products packaging.

packaging box

Include medicine packaging box, silk packaging box, color gift packaging box, house-shaped milk packaging box and paper-plastic color packaging box.

insertion waves

Also known as E-type corrugated board, thin and hard, it is generally used to make cartons as sales packaging; Electronic corrugated board can also be used as ampoule buffer paper alone.

cardboard

Yellow cardboard, also known as straw cardboard, is yellow. Mainly used for packing shoes, hardware products and some cheap goods in ordinary cartons. Covered with beautifully printed label paper, it is also used to package clothes and knitwear. The raw materials for producing yellow paperboard are 100% natural lime straw pulp or wheat straw pulp and waste paper.

Cardboard for box making

As the surface layer of corrugated board, cardboard is the surface of the carton after it is made into a box. Therefore, cardboard is required to have high strength properties, such as pressure resistance, folding resistance, tensile resistance, wear resistance and puncture resistance, certain water resistance, strong and tough paper, and good appearance and printability.

Comprises a paper shopping bag with a handle. Shopping bags require high strength and need printing. Generally, it is made of kraft paper, with ribs outside the handle, and also made of high-quality art coated paper (coated offset paper). After color printing decoration, it is beautiful and generous, and can be reused.

compound bag

In order to prevent moisture when making bags with multi-layer paper, plastic film or asphalt moisture-proof paper is added in the middle layer of paper bags.

Cement bag

Comprise a composite cement bag, a plastic woven cement bag and cement bag paper.

sellotape

It is made of paper, cloth and plastic film, and then wet glue is evenly coated on the substrate to make paper tape, cloth tape, heat-sensitive tape and pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, which is composed of substrate, adhesive and stripping agent.

Composite fuel tank

Composite can is a new type of packaging product that has developed rapidly in recent years. It is made of cardboard, plastic film and aluminum foil wound into a cylinder in a certain way, and then sealed with a metal or plastic cover to make a composite can with good barrier, water resistance and oil resistance. It is widely used for packaging food, grease and its paste and liquid materials, replacing metal and glass cans, which is beneficial to waste treatment and reduces packaging cost.

Pulp molding

Includes an egg tray and a fruit tray. It uses waste paper as raw material, adds some chemicals, and then makes model products of various shapes according to different uses, which are used as packaging mats for eggs, fruits, precision devices, fragile glass, ceramic products, handicrafts and so on. , and has good buffering and protection performance. The forming technology and equipment for producing pulp have developed rapidly, and the basic process is three processes: pulp preparation, forming and drying.

self-adhesive paper

Most of them use high-strength whiteboard paper as the base paper, coated with self-adhesive and become self-adhesive paper. Usage: Printing trademarks and notepads on adhesive paper.

Color packaging

Colors include color packaging cartons, corrugated paper color packaging, paper-plastic color packaging boxes, etc.

Glass blockage

It is a kind of flat paper, and both sides are full of luster.

aluminum foil backing paper

Aluminum foil backing paper: including vacuum aluminized paper. Paper and aluminum foil are compounded with adhesive to make lining paper. Mostly used for packaging cigarettes, sweets, etc.

corrugated case

Corrugated board is made into corrugated box by die cutting, indentation, nailing box or pasting box. Corrugated box is one of the most widely used packaging products, and its consumption has always ranked first among all kinds of packaging products. Comprise a calcium plastic corrugated box.

corrugated cardboard

Include honeycomb paperboard. Multi-layer cardboard made by processing thick paper into corrugated shape and bonding it with cardboard in a certain way is called corrugated board.

Other paper packaging

Including boxes, computer paper products, transparent paper packaging, refrigerators, transport packaging, fertilizer bags, water-coated adhesive tape paper, wood pulp, color printing paper, cigarette paper, paper packaging materials, paper-plastic packaging, calcium-plastic board lining, silk packaging, button boxes, injection boxes, medical packaging, tar paper, cotton paper, iron lock packaging, sodium silicate, hemp packaging and plastic envelopes.

Paper packaging products

Mainly including cartons, cartons, paper bags, etc.

Fine corrugated box

Cartons produced by D and E corrugated paper are called thin corrugated paper boxes.

Second, common printing terms

Original: Graphic information on the object or carrier on which plate making is based.

Original image: the general name of reproduced photos, negatives, drawings, printed matter, etc. In replication technology.

Reflective copy: using opaque material as the original of graphic information carrier.

Transparent copy of transmission manuscript: a manuscript with transparent materials as the carrier of graphic information.

Continuous tone copy: Original with continuous gradient tone value.

Line manuscript: An original manuscript with pictures and texts composed of black and white or colored lines.

Color positive manuscript color: color positive manuscript with transparent material as graphic information carrier.

Color negative: color (mostly complementary color) negative with transparent material as graphic information carrier.

Physical manuscript: a general term for copying physical objects in copying technology.

Text typesetting: the process of typesetting a text manuscript into a specified layout according to the design requirements.

Printing font: standard font for typesetting and printing.

Line spacing: the distance between lines.

Horizontal typesetting: a typesetting format in which characters are arranged in rows in horizontal order.

Strict vertical typesetting: a typesetting format in which characters are arranged vertically in rows from top to bottom.

Point: It is the unit of measurement for typesetting, the smallest unit of English letters, 1 inch and 72 unit points.

Grade scale: the optical phototypesetting era refers to the size of characters, and grade 4 is1mm.

Chinese character coding of Chinese characters: a character coding based on the font or pronunciation of Chinese characters, which uses the combination of numbers and Latin letters to represent each Chinese character for computer typesetting and Chinese character information processing.

Font Size: refers to the title of font size, with a maximum of 72 characters and a minimum of 5 characters.

Byte: it is the unit of computer machine language, 8 bits and so on.

Deformed letters: regular characters are converted into long, flat and oblique characters by optical originals or other imaging methods.

Title series: the arrangement of title size and hierarchical order, and the font size and specifications of the same title should be unified when typesetting.

String description and text juxtaposition setting: put it in the text on one side of the title, illustration and table.