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Learn: 4D Prints (Lenticular Printing)

4D Prints is a Lenticular product that allows you to have two or three different pictures in one. We take your images and create a swapping effect, each image vanishing and then reappearing from one to another as you move it up and down. There is a backing that can also be printed in normal ...

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Learn: Full Glossary of Printing & Related Terms

Glossary Useful definitions and explainations of company and industry terms   Barcode A series of vertical bars and spaces that represent any numerical series, most often a correct ZIP Code for the delivery address on a mailpiece. The barcode facilitates automated processing by barcode readers and scanners. A barcode also can be used to convey ...

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Learn: Bindery Terminology

Bindery: The finishing department, which performs operations on the printed product after it has been printed. The bindery operations are as follows: Folding, Binding, Stitching, Scoring, Perforation, Die Cutting, & Envelope Converting (currently done in house). Binding: Different methods used to secure loose pages in a book is called binding. Saddle stitch is an example ...

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Learn: Paper Terminology

Brightness: Refers to the percent of light reflected back from a sheet of paper as measured by a light meter reading. Contrast is reduced and highlights are not as strong when paper with a lower brightness is used for a printed piece. Here at 4over, depending on paper brand the papers have different brightness grades, ...

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Learn: What is Bindery and Binding?

Bindery: The finishing department, which performs operations on the printed product after it has been printed. The bindery operations are as follows: Folding, Binding, Stitching, Scoring, Perforation, Die Cutting, & Envelope Converting (currently done in house). Binding: Different methods used to secure loose pages in a book is called binding. Saddle stitch is an example ...

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