Part 1: Output
If you understand the output of the desk calendar and wall calendar as the printing of the printer, it is much simpler. In fact, the output is the most important part in the production of personalized desk calendars and wall calendars.
1. Selection of print media There are not many print media to choose from in the production of desk calendars and wall calendars, and even less commonly used. We have previously introduced photo paper, inkjet paper, and printable coated paper (also known as inkjet) Coated paper), but we are here to introduce two media: ordinary coated paper and PP paper.
Ordinary coated paper is used by printing plants. Most desk calendars and calendars on the market are printed on ordinary coated paper. PP paper is the medium used for inkjet photo shoots. Is this kind of medium attached to the walls all over the world?
Ordinary coated paper
Coated paper is generally divided into coated paper for printing and printable coated paper for inkjet. Printable coated paper is classified as the photo paper mentioned above.
The use of coated paper in inkjet printers is something that has only been available in recent years. The reason why it is used in inkjet printers is due to some characteristics of coated paper. It has the following characteristics:
1. Print on both sides
In some printings, especially desk calendar and wall calendar printing, double-sided printing is often required, and coated paper generally can be printed on both sides. The two sides are mostly of the same quality. A few coated papers have a glossy side and a matte side.
2. Paper thickness and stiffness are superior to photo paper and inkjet paper
Coated paper generally has weight (thickness) specifications such as 105, 128, 157, 180, 200, 230, 250, 300, and 350 g / m2. Inkjet printers commonly use coated paper of 200 g or more.
3. Variety of paper sizes A single sheet of coated paper generally has only two original sizes, which are 787 * 1092 and 889 * 1194 mm, also known as medium and large. There are also business cards that are cut to A4, A3 or 200 * 300 mm in size.
4. Variety
There are many varieties of coated paper, especially embossing because there are dozens of different types of embossing.
5. Use ink
The advantages of coated paper in desk calendars and wall calendars are that there are too many, but only one disadvantage: inkjet printers cannot print ink! But through the efforts of inkjet people, pigment ink + heating device solves the problem of inkjet printers using ordinary coated paper, especially embossed coated paper (special paper) printing effect is very good. Some manufacturers have developed weak solvent inks, which can be printed directly on coated paper without heating devices, but this ink is more or less corrosive to the nozzle and printer cleaning unit, so it is not very common in use.
Second, PP paper
The so-called PP paper is actually a kind of general-purpose consumables made of PP synthetic paper as a substrate, coated with an ink-absorbing coating, and with a large amount of adhesive on the back or without adhesive. It is widely used in exhibition boards, display racks, posters, POP advertising, walls, scene layout, etc. PP paper is sold in rolls and is generally used on large-format photo machines, also called inkjet PP paper. The reason why it is proposed to be used in inkjet printers is that it has the following characteristics:
1. Good print quality
PP paper has a printable coating on the paper base, which can be used to print more exquisite pictures and text by inkjet printers.
2. The paper is not torn and suitable for calendars
The long-term suspension of the calendar can easily tear the lower part, and the PP paper is actually a layer of synthetic plastic paper and then a layer of printable coating is applied on the top. The paper base of the synthetic plastic paper is very strong and difficult to handle by hand He tears.
3. Cheap price
PP paper is generally 3-5 yuan per square meter, plus peritoneum can generally be controlled at 10 yuan per square meter.
4. Many sizes and complete specifications
PP paper has a variety of specifications of 120, 150 g / m2, generally 30 meters long, and widths of 914, 1070, 1270, and 1520 mm.
5. Inadequacies
Although PP paper has the above-mentioned advantages, but not many people use it on desktop inkjet printing, because it also has many defects, mainly manifested in:
A. The paper surface is not waterproof
The paper base of PP paper is very waterproof and not wet with water, but the printable coating on the paper base is not waterproof, because it is built on a plastic paper base, the printed pictures are not waterproof, so the printed works should be very careful as soon as possible peritoneum.
B. The paper base of PP paper slides into the paper relatively sometimes, some difficulties may occur
The nature of the paper-based material of PP paper determines that the back is relatively smooth, so sometimes some difficulties occur in the paper feeding on the printer, especially in the A3 + format printing with wider tarsus.
C. The calendar after printing is prone to curl
Speaking of PP paper, there are 120 grams and 150 grams per square meter, but it still looks very thin when touched by hand. In addition, it is usually in the shape of a drum. After printing, it still feels that the paper is curled.
Of course, the curling problem of retroperitoneal paper can be greatly improved.
6. The picture may become blurred after printing for a certain period of time
After printing with dye ink for a certain period of time, some pictures will appear blurred. From the analysis point of view, it is related to the photo itself, what brand of dye ink is used, etc. Sometimes a batch of photos will change Blur, sometimes part of the photo becomes blurred. From the time point of view, some are 1 week, some are 1 month, as long as the picture does not appear blurred after 3 months, then there is basically no problem.
The main reason must be the ink. If the picture is blurred, it means that the ink and PP paper are not very harmonious, because the picture printed by the pigment ink does not have the blurring problem.
The probability that the pictures printed by HP and CANON printers on PP paper are blurred is very small, but the EPSON printers are much larger, such as the "F" ink that everyone said, and the probability of the pictures blurred after printing on PP paper is very large.
The nature of PP paper is similar to the non-waterproof photo paper used on desktop printers, so non-waterproof photo paper will also have the problem of blurred pictures after printing, but PP paper is more likely to happen. [next]
Part 2: Print settings
Here only introduce a few methods that are rarely used, and add some ideas on print settings.
1. Printing situation of three brands of commonly used inkjet printers A. Canon printers
The first is a Canon printer, there are 3 participating: IP4500, IP4200, IP1880, each printing 4 (4 monthly calendar) three have completed the task.
The printing time of each calendar of IP1880 is 5 minutes and 20 seconds, IP4200 took 3 minutes and 58 seconds, and IP4500 turned out to be less than 3 minutes. [attach] 72415 [/ attach]
B. Epson printer
Epson printers also participated in three sets this time: ME2, C110, R270, all three have completed the task.
The quality setting is high quality, high-speed printing, ME2 is 14 minutes and 24 seconds, C110 is less than 10 minutes, R270 is about 5 minutes, although the printing time of each machine is slower than Canon printers, but the printing accuracy is high, and the overall quality of the photos Canon printer.
The important difference is that Epson only feeds paper twice for each printer, and prints 12 monthly calendars for a total of 6 paper feeds. Because Epson printers can set paper at least 1.1 meters in length, the two calendars add up to only 91 cm.
C. HP printer There are 2 HP printers participating: K5300, D2368. In the print settings, the maximum print length setting is only 35.5 cm, and the paper printing setting of 45.5 cm can not be completed.
2. The solution for printing lengths of HP printers In the previous section, we introduced the situation of HP printers. What is the solution when the maximum print length setting is only 35.5 cm, and the paper printing setting of 45.5 cm cannot be completed?
From the user's perspective, the simpler the method, the better.
The ordinary calendar is mostly composed of pictures and calendars. If the paper is reversed after the pictures are printed, and then enter the printer to print the calendar again, then the problem can be solved.
3. The actual operation of the HP printer's printing length solves the specific operation methods of two printings. Let us take Adobe Photoshop as an example to explain the specific operations:
The first step: open Adobe Photoshop and transfer the pictures to be printed;
The second step: click on the "image size" in the "image" drop-down menu, this time the "image size" icon appears;
The third step: Check the width and length information of the marked picture, you can see that there is a text with a width of 21 and a length of 45 cm, indicating that the final picture size after printing. After confirming that the picture width and length information is correct, rewrite the "height" to 29.7 cm, which is the standard length of A4, and finally point the "positioning" to the top of the 9 block diagram, and then click "OK". At this time, you can see that the lower part of the picture has been cut out.
The picture on the monthly calendar must be complete. On the already cropped picture, if the part of the picture above exceeds the length of A4, the number of "height" increases, but the maximum number filled in should not exceed 35 cm. There is no picture stitching to ensure that the above picture is complete, because the stitched pictures will leave stitching traces.
Step 4: If there is calendar text under the picture, it needs to be cleared. According to the "height" number filled in, there may be calendar text left under the picture.
Step 5: You can load paper according to the size of the picture and print out the picture. If the height is 29.7 cm, you can also print without borders.
Step 6: Return to the first step above in the "History" of Adobe Photoshop "Window", and then rotate the picture 180 degrees. Repeat two to five steps. The difference from the previous two-five steps is that only the calendar is kept, and the pictures need to be cleared.
After the picture design is made, you can print it directly. Use the other end of the previously printed calendar to enter the printer to print. Pay attention to ensure that the paper ink is dry before printing.You can touch the previous print after entering the printer. .
Second, splicing printing method
The splicing printing method is to cut a picture into several pieces in advance and then print out each picture after cutting, by re-splicing each printed picture, a large format that cannot be output by the existing format printer is obtained image.
The advantage of the splicing printing method is that the hardware investment is low. The price difference between the A4 format printer and the A1 format printer is too large. If you can use the A4 format printer to stitch A3, A2 and even A1 pictures, it will make the pictures have a greater shock. force.
The disadvantage of the stitching printing method is that the price of the goods cannot go up because of stitching. If it is a commercial operation, it is best to buy a large-format printer instead of stitching printing.
1. Direct splicing
The so-called direct stitching refers to pasting the printed pictures into one piece in order, and trying to make it difficult for people to see the stitching traces.
Let's look at an example.
Step 1: Cut the paper
Step 2: Design and manufacture of the annual calendar
There are many methods and techniques in design and production, so I won't introduce them here. I will focus on the points that need to be noted:
A. The length and width of the picture. If it is three pieces of stitching, the width of the designed picture is about 61 cm, and the maximum length is 110 cm.
B. The longest paper left with white border printer is set to 111 cm, but the cut paper has 119 cm. If the 110 cm image is printed, the remaining 9 cm white paper will be left to the end. The image is actually It is not centered, so the 110 cm image should be set with a white border of 7-9 cm on the front or back. The white border should be printed first, that is to say, the printer should print with a 7-9 cm white border before printing. Picture, so that there will be white borders on the whole paper up and down.
Step 3: Print
According to the above introduction, the white border should be printed on the machine first. Note that in the actual printing:
A. Pay attention to the problem of ink out and out of paper. R270 and R290 have a problem of ink out and out of paper, so you must check the remaining ink display before printing. If the ink is almost exhausted, you should reset the remaining ink display or print others until the ink is out. Resume printing after full recovery, to avoid scrapping due to ink being ejected in the middle of printing.
B. Assist by hand when feeding paper. Because the paper is thicker and longer, it is best to assist by hand in order to feed the paper correctly.
The fourth step: peritoneum
The peritoneum step is not necessary, but the overall effect of the calendar is added behind the peritoneum, and it is also more waterproof. You can use a wet towel to wipe off the surface dust.
Among the peritoneum, the first hot film is the best, but there are few users with a 61 cm wide hot film machine. Let's take a look at the cold mounting.
See the final effect of direct stitching after printing. [next]
Let's calculate the direct cost:
250 grams of coated paper + matt cold laminating film is about 6 yuan / square meter. This picture is about 0.77 square meters at 119 * 64.5 centimeters, about 4.6 yuan.
The ink is about 6-10 ml, which is about 3 yuan based on 10 ml per 3 ml.
Based on the 15% loss calculation (4.6 +3) * 15% = 1.14 yuan
Direct cost: 4.6 + 3 + 1.14 = 8.74 yuan
Of course, if you use more than two W A1 format printers (such as EPSON-7800) and refit it for heating printing, then the linking of stitching is omitted, and the A1 width calendar is printed directly.
If you can buy large-size embossed coated paper, you can omit the cold mounting process. The quality of embossed coated paper is better than that of glossy coated paper.
If you do not have a heating device installed, you can use roll photo paper to cut and print. It is best to use silk roll photo paper. The effect of the stitched picture is the best.
2. Indirect stitching
The direct splicing was introduced earlier. It seems that there should be indirect splicing if there is direct splicing. Yes, it turns out to be true. It's just that you didn't notice it.
It is not to directly splice, but to describe the multiple pictures seen as a whole, this is the perspective experience brought by indirect splicing.
Let's take an example of A4 format printing calendar.
What we are seeing now is the calendar printed directly by the A4 format printer. According to the printable length of the printer, this calendar can also be printed longer, but from the perspective of the effect, it is not that the length is enough but the width is not enough. Just click.
If you want to be wider, you need to use the A3 printer. Everyone knows that the A3 printer is only 1/2 wider than the A4, but the price is not only 1/2 more but a few times. The least is 1.5. turn. For example, EPSON's cheapest 1390 printer costs more than 3,000 yuan.
A. Print
Some netizens said that if the A4 printer is wider, it can only print horizontally.
By the way, it's right, just print it horizontally.
But is n’t the calendar printed horizontally?
B, stitching
The horizontal calendar is of course not good-looking, but is it not possible to turn this calendar? Well, we do n’t turn it to the back, but to the top, to see the effect of the angle of view. Yet.
As for the design of a calendar picture, it will be cut into two in the computer and then printed separately, which will be omitted here.
Pay attention to the printing of the picture behind the picture.
Stitching is simply punching and binding iron rings, simple.
Take a look at the contrast effect, whichever method you prefer.
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