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A Print Handbook for Designers
I was recently issued with a complementary copy of the Print Handbook for designers by Andy Brown at Media Collective (who are based here in the UK). The book itself is rather small, but is printed on quality card and embossed with foil block.
From the official site:
This little handbook is crammed with stuff which we think you’ll find very helpful. Especially if you’re a designer. Our goal is to help you see if your ideas will translate well when printed, as well as show what should be possible from your local press.
Lets take a look at a few of the pages and see what the book is all about:
Pages 4 and 5 show a good comparison of how the exact same colours look on both Uncoated and Silk stock. There’s also a great comparison of differing DPI values, from 600dpi down to 50dpi. Seeing this in print is quite useful, as it appears to show there is no difference in 600dpi and 300dpi for most applications.
For more information on screen resolution, check out How shocking can a Jpeg be?
Pages 6 and 7 show colour mixes and how varied tints appear in print. My favourite section is the ‘black comparisons’. For more on black, I recommend you check out my popular article The Professional Designer’s Guide to using Black.
Pages 8 and 9 show more CMYK print colour variations with a selection of glyphs. We all love glyphs, right?
Pages 12 and 13 show colour differences in Mono and Duotones, as well as information on folds and trapping. The best part of this page is the File Types section, where there’s a great example of the difference between a Jpeg and Tiff image.
Page 16 gives a great summary of how the book was design and what equipment was used (as well as the music that was played whilst it was designed!).
Want one?
Overall, this is a great little book to refer to and have in your office. Oh, and yes, I took the photos of the book outside on the lawn — there’s better light out there!
You can purchase one for £4 (UK), £5 (EU) or £6 (Worldwide) from the Print Handbook for Designers Site.
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8 Comments
That’s great. My “print handbook” is a 5kg box full of stock samples and printed stationery lol.
On an unrelated subject… I know it hasn’t had a lot of time up, but how are you finding designsoak is going on it’s own domain vs. running Spectacular inside your blog?
Any thoughts either way at this stage?
07 Jul 2011 03:07 am Andrew Keir
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Just bought a copy. You can’t argue with £4 including postage!
07 Jul 2011 01:07 pm Paul Murray
bought, thx for your post
08 Jul 2011 04:07 pm david matos
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Andrew → I have a full shelf of Samples too!
I’m glad I set up Design Soak; it’s generating loads of traffic which won’t be coming to this blog, but DS is something I may sell in the future. Because of this, it’s for the best that I’ve moved it.
My Alexa rank on this site is likely to fall back to around 80,000 *from 54,000) within a few weeks, but already the Design Soak rank is already at 147,000 and moving up quickly. The content that I moved hasn’t hindered my Page Rank either – in fact, it just went up to PR4, so overall, I’m happy with the re-shuffle.
Paul & David → Hope you enjoy the book. Yes I forgot to mention – the postage is included. Great deal!
11 Jul 2011 06:07 pm Andrew Kelsall
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It’s a nicely crafted little book. Similar to Dayfold’s little black book.
14 Jul 2011 09:07 pm David Airey
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David → Yeah, I can remember your great review.
BTW, I found the problem with the REPLY button sending the page to the top (as you highlighted before). It’s some kind of conflict with the WP Firewall plugin. Still working on a solution.
14 Jul 2011 11:07 pm Andrew Kelsall
(Twitter: @AndrewKelsall)
Thanks for sharing this – looks like a good resource.
Have been a follower of your posts here and on DS for a little while – like your design work, some good stuff looking at your portfolio
16 Jul 2011 12:07 pm Trevor
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Trevor → Thanks for the support…
20 Jul 2011 10:07 pm Andrew Kelsall
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