Chapter 5 68 Special cover finishing Laminate The laminate protects the cover, makes it a lot sturdier and adds to the book’s appearance. Lamination is only possible on cardboard with a smooth surface. The cover of this manual is matt laminated. We offer the following 3 types: • Matt schratch free laminate (This manual has matt laminate) • Matt ‘Soft touch’ laminate (This laminate has a matt look and feels like the skin of a peach). • High gloss laminate Spot-UV coating First, we print all the full-colour parts of your design. Next, we apply matt (soft-touch) laminate to these sheets. Once all sheets are laminated, the corresponding parts are printed with a transparent UV varnish. These sheets are then dried in a UV drying tunnel. Raised spot-UV coating A more thickening form of Spot UV varnish. It is more visible and also more tactile. Note! This gives the best effect for texts and small areas. Embossing A special stamp is made that allows text or illustrations to be applied to the cover as relief. This can be raised or deepened. Foil stamping We first print the full-colour part of your print file. Then we apply a matt (soft-touch) laminate to these sheets and apply the foil over the matt laminate. Die-cutting With die-cutting, you can have (almost) any shape you want cut out of the cover. You can also die-cut a specific design into a desired shape. Think of the invitation as a bookmark or the extra invitation for dinner or party. See example on page 71.
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