Fine Print

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The online guide to print and design.

Introduction
A Brief History of Printing
PrePress
Planning and Strategy
Design Tips
Color Management
File Submission
Proofing
Materials and Stocks
Inks
Platemaking
Types of Printing
Offset Lithography
Digital Printing
Screen Printing
Gravure
Thermography
Flexography
Letterpress
Large Format
Specialty Printing
3D Printing
Promotional
Security Printing
Green Printing
Types of Finishes
Coatings
Binding
Folding
Scoring
Die Cutting
Embossing
Foil Stamping
Perforations

Gravure is a high quality printing process capable of producing printed images which have a continuous tone effect similar to a photograph.

The gravure process utilizes a metal printing cylinder onto which the image is etched. A gravure cylinder can be created with the analog or digital plating processes.

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