Before you pick a product, it helps to know how printing actually works, offset versus digital, what a print shop needs from you, and where the quality comes from. These guides cover the fundamentals so you can order with confidence instead of guesswork.
Printing Basics Guides
All Printing Basics Guides
Where to Start in the 4OVER4 Printing Library
A route through the 4OVER4.COM printing library, grouped by what you are trying to do, from setting up a file to choosing stock to planning a mailing.
What Is Security Printing and How It Stops Document Fraud
Security printing makes a document hard to copy, hard to alter without a mark and fast to check, using microtext, void pantographs, UV ink and numbering.
What is Proofing in Printing?
A proof in printing is the preview you approve before the press runs. Soft proofs check words and layout on screen, hard proofs check color on real stock.
