Color box pre-press design and plate making process application

As the key technology of pre-press technology, there is no denying its technical ability and level determines the market competitiveness of an enterprise. The design and plate-making staff can be considered the “treasures” of corrugated color boxes and color carton enterprises, with superior conditions and favorable treatment. They are the targets of the peer industry, and are the simplest to be “poached”.

Design and plate making are two completely different but also linked to the proximity of the two processes or types of work, it can also be said that the technology, the following author on the color box and color box pre-press design and plate making technology application combined with some of the author’s company’s actual situation to explain.

Color box and color box layout of the pre-press design technology

Layout design technology is generally divided into original design and imitation design. In general, engaged in layout design work requires the following equipment: a high-function computer, supporting printers, scanners, and in some cases, color separator, as well as the corresponding professional design software.

The original design of the layout, also known as creative design, is a professional design company in accordance with the demand for enterprise product features, characteristics of the outer packaging carton layout design. This kind of layout design on the technical level of the designers, professional technology and professional knowledge requirements are relatively high. This kind of design is generally a professional design company to do, enterprises engaged in this kind of design is relatively small, but the large carton packaging enterprises also have this kind of professional designers to carry out creative design. Engaged in color box and color box layout design is the key to color separation and printing dot manipulation. First of all, graphic design and layout design, these two designs must be outstanding characteristics of the packaged product, so that consumers can see the packaging can be instantly captivated, which is also a packaging design embodiment of a design method called “take heart”. Next is the color separation, color separation must be based on the enterprise’s equipment and personnel skills to determine. If the enterprise has a few multi-color offset printing equipment will be able to share a few more colors, as far as possible, do not have to special color. On the contrary, it is less. Once again, the dot distribution, must be based on the requirements of printing and equipment features to determine, but also should be truthful feedback on the pattern of appeals, outstanding product characteristics and quality.

Layout of the imitation design, also known as secondary design, is based on the original design of the changes, the basic design of the layout remains unchanged, only on individual patterns, fonts to adjust, some need to add relevant content. Such as adding QS safety logo. Such as wine cartons, cartons to add pure grain solid fermentation logo and other content will need to be adjusted to the carton layout design, change. This design technique is relatively common in carton production enterprises, and this layout design method is also the most practical and useful for corrugated carton production enterprises.