Steve Burke - Neyenesch Printers
Steve Burke works in Business Development for a 119 years old family owned business.
Neyenesch Printers specializes in Commercial Printing: custom manufacture, packaging, magazines, sheets of paper roll. Offset and Digital Printing aka "fancy printing".
100 - 200 dots per inch
The bigger the dot, it creates more darkness.

Coated & Uncoated Paper: glossy, silk, matte
Glossy coated paper is made of a clay coating. When polished creates the glossy finish.
Audience:
Kids = glossy paper (legoland)
Older = uncoated
Sophisticated = uncoated creates an organic feel (lifestyle)
Recycled fiber
Offline - postprint coating
Paper options with similar effects
lower cost ?
Coated paper is less expensive than uncoated.
Paper can be tracked down to the forrest where the pulp was extracted to be used.
Post-consumer= Having completed its life as a consumer item, it can then be recycled as such.(cheerios box)
Pre-consumer = industrial or manufacturing waste.
Plus cover = 88 pages + 4 pages for cover
Soft cover = all same paper
16th page signature 5 1/2
Saddle Stitch - 4 page increments
Contract proof - sign for approval [Set of fresh eyes to proof]
High resolution proofs - color fidelity
Blue Line (Position) Proof - Check for content & pagination
UV Cured Inks - Solvents UVOC / Green house gasses / pounds of VOC 70% reduction
Printing plates metal colored unexposed $100 each
Exposed by light source
Wash away unexposed areas
Mounted on press fountain of water & oil mix
Moisture will repeal the ink
1 plate for each different color = total of 4 [Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black]
28 x 40 print size
Dark to light K, C, M Y
Print PDF - InDesign file from designer
Photos/Image CSV file
[more customizable digital printer - Post cards address / Business cards can be different]
Offset printer higher quality = faster to print
25,000 prints min digital printer = smaller sheet size / slower to print
1/8th in off spine for perfect binding
Certain thickness
French fold - create thickness with less pages designed
UV Press
Plastic
PVC
Synthetic
Spot UV - Offline
Gloss
Inline
Neyenesch Printers specializes in Commercial Printing: custom manufacture, packaging, magazines, sheets of paper roll. Offset and Digital Printing aka "fancy printing".
100 - 200 dots per inch
The bigger the dot, it creates more darkness.

Coated & Uncoated Paper: glossy, silk, matte
Glossy coated paper is made of a clay coating. When polished creates the glossy finish.
Audience:
Kids = glossy paper (legoland)
Older = uncoated
Sophisticated = uncoated creates an organic feel (lifestyle)
Recycled fiber
Offline - postprint coating
Paper options with similar effects
lower cost ?
Coated paper is less expensive than uncoated.
Paper can be tracked down to the forrest where the pulp was extracted to be used.
Post-consumer= Having completed its life as a consumer item, it can then be recycled as such.(cheerios box)
Pre-consumer = industrial or manufacturing waste.
Plus cover = 88 pages + 4 pages for cover
Soft cover = all same paper
16th page signature 5 1/2
Saddle Stitch - 4 page increments
Contract proof - sign for approval [Set of fresh eyes to proof]
High resolution proofs - color fidelity
Blue Line (Position) Proof - Check for content & pagination
UV Cured Inks - Solvents UVOC / Green house gasses / pounds of VOC 70% reduction
Printing plates metal colored unexposed $100 each
Exposed by light source
Wash away unexposed areas
Mounted on press fountain of water & oil mix
Moisture will repeal the ink
1 plate for each different color = total of 4 [Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black]
28 x 40 print size
Dark to light K, C, M Y
Print PDF - InDesign file from designer
Photos/Image CSV file
[more customizable digital printer - Post cards address / Business cards can be different]
Offset printer higher quality = faster to print
25,000 prints min digital printer = smaller sheet size / slower to print
1/8th in off spine for perfect binding
Certain thickness
French fold - create thickness with less pages designed
UV Press
Plastic
PVC
Synthetic
Spot UV - Offline
Gloss
Inline
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