Choose different printing methods for book printing according to your needs.
1. Letterpress Printing
There are many words, few photos and
pictures, there are many chances of changing the text, and the number of prints
is not large-hundreds or thousands of prints should be printed in letterpress.
The number of type printing should not exceed 30,000, and the fine picture
electronic version should not exceed 70,000 or 80,000. Printed pictures must
use pink paper to get the perfect dot. So you can't use cheap paper to print
pictures and hope to achieve exquisite results. When using the letterpress flat
version of the table, the intersection of the lines is easy to separate and disconnect,
which is a common shortcoming. In addition, when the printing pressure is too
high or the surface of the pressure cylinder is too soft during printing, the
back of the printed sheet of the finished product will have embossed
protrusions, which will greatly reduce the quality of the printed product.
2. Offset printing
The biggest difference between offset
printing and letterpress printing is that letterpress printing screen images
must use smooth surface paper, but offset printing does not have this need, as
long as the paper is not too rough. The effect of screen printing is softer
than letterpress, and it is easy to print round dots.  Resin version or nylon
version is another type of printing plate that can withstand more abrasion than
the above-mentioned types. The printing time can reach one million, which is
the longest life in the printing plate. However, the method of using this type
of printing plate has been slightly different from the ordinary offset printing
method, that is, it does not need a wetting system, so it is called "dry
offset printing".
Generally speaking, the more pictures need
for book printing, the larger the picture area, the more suitable
for offset printing rather than letterpress printing. As mentioned above, the
effect of printing pictures with offset printing is better than that of
letterpress printing. Therefore, general color printing and four-color printing
use offset printing instead of letterpress printing.
3. Gravure printing
Gravure printing is suitable for printing
high-quality and expensive publications. Whether it is a four-color or
black-and-white picture, gravure printing can be highly photographic. Due to
the high cost of plate making and the large volume of printing, it is the least
used among the five types of printing in Hong Kong.
4. Screen printing
Since the screen printing ink is
particularly thick, it is most suitable for printing with special effects. The
quantity is not large and the ink color needs to be thick, especially suitable.
You can also print on three-dimensional such as square boxes, boxes, round
bottles, cans and so on. In addition to paper, the bottom can also be printed
on cloth, quick grips, plywood, plastic sheets, metal sheets, glass, etc. It is
commonly used to print pennants, T-shirts, tile boxes, soda bottles, circuit
boards, etc. The above-mentioned various printing features cannot be achieved
by other printing methods.