
Prepare your art in the program that is best suited for the task. Illustrator® is a drawing program, ideal for logos, packaging, posters and single panel layouts. Photoshop® is a pixel based (raster) program that lets you size, color-correct and manipulate scanned images such as photographs and flat art. Neither is intended for multi-page documents. For that, use a page layout program such as QuarkXPress® or InDesign®
Despite all the advances in graphic software and printing, the adage, "garbage in, garbage out" still
applies. The better the original, the more latitude the printer has in achieving the results you want. Use photographs that exhibit the full tonal range. Don't convert a color photo to make a black and white reproduction, if a black and white original is available. Start with the best you can get because each step results in a generational loss in quality.
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The wide selection of presses allows Copy Express to utilize the best press for the specific job. Copy Express is capable of imaging metal plates for the presses at 2400 dpi allowing for very high quality offset printing, in either specified PMS colors , CMYK or combinations of both. Copy Express offers 3 different types of aqueous coatings which can be applied to add effect and protection from scuffing to printed materials. Gloss aqueous, satin (or dull) aqueous and soft touch aqueous coatings are all readily available. Copy Express a can utilize metallic inks and spot varnishes upon request. Copy Express has a well equipped bindery capable of cutting, collating, stitching/binding, 3 hole punching and trimming finished pieces to size. Perfect binding and coil binding are subcontracted. Copy Express also has a shrink wrapping machine and round cornering capabilities in-house.
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