Using
Glossy Paper For Your Full Color Offest Printing Jobs
If you are trying to make your
print job jump off
the sheet you should print in color on a glossy sheet.
Offset printing color
on a
glossy sheet gives you good ink holdout and
thus will give you the brightest colors as compared to printing on
uncoated sheets that the ink can absorb into.
It certainly starts with good digital artwork. There is a saying that
goes garbage in - garbage out.. If you have low quality, low res files
by
printing offset in
color on
glossy
paper is not a miracle cure.
Glossy paper when
being made has a thin layer of clay applied that gives the sheet the
coated or glossy look. This also helps the ink from soaking into the
sheet too much thus giving better "ink holdout." This ink holdout will
give you your brightest colors possible with the artwork you have
created.