Techniques

Specialty Printing

Looking for the stocks themselves? Those live in Materials. Since 2006 we've been developing special-ops print capabilities, the processes, finishes, and papers most shops don't offer. Every technique below has its own page with real samples off our presses.

Printing processes

Deep impression letterpress business cards on cotton paperLetterpressDeep impression on cotton papers Full bleed offset business card with corporate logoOffsetPantone-exact color, large runs Full color magazine spreadDigitalFast, sharp, short-run Fenty diamante script white ink on black folderWhite inkOpaque white on dark stocks Silver ink on black paper business cardMetallic inkPMS gold, silver & custom mixes Fluorescent ink on black paper business cardsFluorescent inkNeon colors CMYK can't hit Gold foil stamped business cardsFoil stampingGold, silver, pigment & clear foils Holographic foil stamped business cardsHolographic foilRainbow & prismatic patterns Blind embossed business cards on black paperEmbossingRaised dimensional marks Deep letterpress deboss printDebossingPressed-in type & logos Spot UV gloss design element detailSpot UV glossSelective high-gloss coating Clear foil and letterpress on kraft business cardClear foilGloss & matte transparent accents Silver and white halftone offset business cardHalftoneDots, duotones & tonal range Luxe full color postcard printingCMYK & full colorDigital or offset, edge to edge Raised black gloss thermography on black business cardRaised printDimensional thermography ink Engraved business card printingEngravingEtched plates, raised opaque ink

Finishing

Custom shape die cut stickersDie cuttingCustom shapes & structures Two-ply business card with painted color edgeEdge paintingFluorescent & Pantone card edges Shiny gold gilded edge letterpress cardsGilded edgesMirror foil card edges Foil stamped leather book coverLeather stampingDeboss & foil on leather goods

Binding

Smyth-sewn exposed spine bookSmyth-sewnThread-sewn, lay-flat signatures Perfect bound lookbookPerfect bindingSquared, printable spines Two-color saddle stitch zineSaddle stitchStapled spines, done strange Red singer sewn books with white stitch lineSinger sewnVisible thread as design Wire-o notebookCustom bindingWire-o, screw post, exposed & invented