Printing & converting
Start with where the ink sits.
Artwork is production information. These guides connect the proof on screen to the film construction, tooling, seals, and quote behind it.
Surface Printing vs Reverse Printing for Flexible Packaging
Where the ink sits, how the constructions differ, and what buyers should normalize before comparing quotes.
Can Ink Be in the Seal Area?
Why artwork, print position, seal geometry, and the actual construction have to be reviewed together.
Why Surface-Printed Packaging May Need Varnish
What a protective overprint coating can do—and what it does not prove.
What Is Solventless Lamination?
A buyer-level explanation of combining webs, cure, and the limits of the term.
Why Is a Quote Subject to Change Until Artwork?
Artwork can change repeat, colors, coverage, tooling, and the quote itself.
The Email Dimensions and Artwork Did Not Match
A field note about resolving two conflicting sources of package dimensions.
Dieline
The controlled drawing shared by design, prepress, quoting, and production.
Bleed, trapping, and registration
Three linked prepress terms, explained in the context where buyers encounter them.
