Whats the Difference Between 4 Color Process Printing and Spot Color Printing?
There are two main printing processes you will need to know about: 4 color process (CMYK) printing and spot color printing printing. I am not a printer, so Im not going to babble on about cleaning blankets, colour shifting, guillotining or the beauty of the Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105, as impressive as it is. However, I am a designer who sends other peoples artwork to the printer, and it’s my responsibility to make sure that it’s press-ready so that it has every chance to fulfill its destiny as a beautiful business card, brochure or beer mat. If there’s an error on the artwork, it is not the responsibility of the printer to put it right. If it goes wrong as a result of this error, the design studio will have to pay for a reprint (unless the client has put a signature to a proof containing an error, in which case you will either take the hit, or try to make them pay for it which might lose you the client). 4 Color Process Best practice: check, double check, triple check. Happy? Check
