Topic

prepress

Advice

How to Pick the Right Pantone Swatch When Designing for Print

Color matching is essential. Here's how to ensure you're designing with the right colors from the start.

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Plates and Dies: Get to Know Your Tooling

Get to know dies and plates and how they affect the cost of your packaging.

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A Practical Guide to Designing Packing Tape

Getting up close and personal with the the most common print options for gummed and packing tape.

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What is CMYK?

CMYK stands for the colors of four color process: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black (aka Key).

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What is RGB?

RGB is a color model based on light and it stands for Red, Green Blue.

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Let's Talk About Lead Times

How do we come up with lead times, and what can you do to speed up the time it takes to get your packaging?

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Packaging Lead Times Explained

A.K.A. What's happening during your packaging production?

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What is a Burst Strength Test?

A Burst Strength Test (aka Mullen Test) is one of two ways that the strength of corrugated is tested.

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What is a Dieline?

How dielines look and work.

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How to Pick the Right Mailer Size

Here are some easy steps to follow to ensure that your mailer fits perfectly.

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How to Pick the Right Size Box

Here are some easy steps to follow to ensure that your box fits like a corrugated glove.

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What is PMS?

Learn the Pantone basics in 30 seconds.

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Dielines and Proofs — Packaging Prepress 101

What you need to know about Dielines and Proofs to streamline your prepress process

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What You Need to Know Before You Order Custom Packaging

Get ahead of the game and streamline your packaging timeline with these tips.

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Samples and Prototypes — What You Need to Know

From samples to production prototypes, we’re covering the full gamut to give you an idea of the time and cost involved in every option so you can feel confident about your packaging production run.

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Using Pantone for Package Design

What to think about when you're picking the right Pantone swatch for your packaging.