DVD/CD Face Label Printing

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DVD/CD Face Label Printing
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Silk Screen Printing:
Silk Screen printing requires positive films. Film may be provided by the customer or produced
by L&M from electronic files provided by the customer. Please see specifications for file
submission later in this document. Pricing of film production and proofs will be provided by
your L&M customer service representative.
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Offset printing:
Film for offset printing must be made by L&M and requires all artwork to be submitted to us
electronically. Please see specifications for file submission later in this document. Pricing of
film production and proofs will be provided by your L&M customer service representative.
DVD/CD Face Label Screen Printing Specifications
General Specifications
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Artwork must conform to the Electronic templates available from your CSR
Hard copy composite color proofs must accompany every order where customer supplied films
is being provided. These composites are for representative purposes only and can not be used as
Match Prints.
Customer item number must legibly appear on each film and composite proof and not be hand
written.
Film must be separated and clearly marked with color and item number on each film.
Registration marks are required on each film at top, bottom, left and right; located 1” to 1 ½” from
the outer disc edge.
Keep registration line to .25 pt.
In order to reduce moiré, film separations must conform to the angles specified later in this
document.
Only SOLID COATED ink colors from Pantone Matching system formula guide should be
specified.
Trapping should be set to Choke at .005 pt with black overprint.
A white flood is required for all CMYK (4 color process) jobs. Also, note that when printing spot
colors the color will appear different if no white flood is used.
L&M prints at 133 LPI the minimum LPI submitted should be 100.
Films should be produced using ELLIPTICAL dots.
All silk screen films must be POSITIVE, RIGHT READING with EMULSION SIDE UP.
Camera ready art will be accepted; however a scanning charge and press proof will be required.
Pricing can be obtained by speaking o your CSR.
Sans Serif type font recommended for all minimum font sizes.
Minimum line width is.5 pt
Minimum font size is 4 pt BOLD and 6 pt REGULAR.
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Minimum line width in knockout or reverse print is .075 pt.
Minimum font size in knockout or reverse print is 6 pt. BOLD and 8 pt REGULAR.
Minimum font size reverse print of a halftone print without a base is 7 pt BOLD and 9 pt
REGULAR.
Printing a halftone without solid base will alter ink color and will result in a change in the anticipated
appearance of the discs printed; THE CUSTOMER WILL be responsible for final result of halftone
printed discs.
Separation tonal ranges must be within 15% and 85%: any art outside this range will affect final print
color.
DVD 5 and DVD 9 Specifications
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Printing for these discs is from 20mm inner dimension to 118mm outer dimension.
DVD 5 discs NO LONGER need to have the stacking ring knock out on art.
DVD 10 Specifications
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The area that can be printed for DVD 10 is from 40mm to 44mm.
No halftone or process printing allowed on DVD 10 discs.
Font sizes are recommended to be San serif and 5 pt BOLD.
CD/CDR and Mini CD Specifications
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Printing for these discs is from 22mm inner dimension to 118mm outer dimension.
For CDR’s - printing for these discs is from 40mm inner dimension to 118mm outer dimension.
Mini CD production is from 22mm inner dimension to 75mm outer dimension.
NOTE: ANY DEVIATION FROM THESE SPECIFICATIONS IS THE CUSTOMERS
RESPONSIBILTY AND THE CUSTOMER WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FINAL
OUT COME.
IF L&M FEELS THAT A CD/DVD WILL NOT PRINT CORRECTLY WE WILL NOT
ACCEPT THE CUSTOMERS FILMS OR ARTWORK AND THIS WILL RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL CHARGES AND DELAYS IN DELIVERY TIMES. IF DEVIATION FROM
THESE SPECIFICATIONS IS ONLY NOTED AT PRESS TIME, THIS WILL RESULT IN
DELAYS IN DELIVERY AND POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
DVD/CD Face Label Offset Printing Specifications
General Specifications
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Artwork must conform to the Electronic templates available from your CSR
Only SOLID COATED ink colors from Pantone Matching system formula guide should be
specified.
Trapping should be set to Choke at .005 pt with black overprint for best results.
A white flood is required for all CMYK (4 color process) jobs. Also, note that when printing spot
colors the color will appear differently if no white flood is used.
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Camera ready art is acceptable but a scanning charge and press proof will be required. Pricing can
be obtained by speaking o your CSR.
Sans Serif type font recommended for all minimum font sizes.
Minimum line width is.5 pt
Minimum font size is 4 pt BOLD and 6 pt REGULAR.
Minimum line width in knockout or reverse print is .075 pt.
Minimum font size in knockout or reverse print is 6 pt. BOLD and 8 pt REGULAR.
Minimum font size reverse print of a halftone print without a base is 7 pt BOLD and 9 pt
REGULAR.
Printing a halftone without solid base will alter ink color and will result in a change in the anticipated
appearance of the discs printed; THE CUSTOMER WILL be responsible for final result of printed
discs.
Separation tonal ranges must be within 15% and 85%: any art outside this range will affect final print
color.
DVD 5 and DVD 9 Specifications
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Printing for these discs is from 20mm inner dimension to 118mm outer dimension.
DVD 5 discs NO LONGER need to have the stacking ring knock out on art.
DVD 10 Specifications
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The area that can be printed for DVD 10 is from 40mm to 44mm.
No halftone or process printing allowed on DVD 10 discs.
Font sizes are recommended to be San serif and 5 pt BOLD.
CD/CDR and Mini CD Specifications
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Printing for these discs is from 22mm inner dimension to 118mm outer dimension.
For CDR’s - printing for these discs is from 40mm inner dimension to 118mm outer dimension.
Mini CD production is from 22mm inner dimension to 75mm outer dimension.
NOTE: ANY DEVIATION FROM THESE SPECIFICATIONS IS THE CUSTOMERS
RESPONSIBILTY AND THE CUSTOMER WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FINAL
OUT COME.
IF L&M FEELS THAT A CD/DVD WILL NOT PRINT CORRECTLY WE WILL NOT
ACCEPT THE CUSTOMERS FILMS OR ARTWORK AND THIS WILL RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL CHARGES AND DELAYS IN DELIVERY TIMES. IF DEVIATION FROM
THESE SPECIFICATIONS IS ONLY NOTED AT PRESS TIME, THIS WILL RESULT IN
DELAYS IN DELIVERY AND POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
DVD/CD Face Label Printing Facts
The following guidelines should be followed to give you the best results – NOTE: any deviation from
these guidelines will be the customer’s responsibility and the customer will be held responsible for
final out come.
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Color Facts:
Screen printing on a disc is different from printing on paper and the results will vary from your paper proof.
There will be a visual deviation between printing on paper and printing on a disc. A disc has several
different types of surfaces and the printing results vary on each:
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Clear Plastic (no silver or white flood): Ink becomes transparent and tends to have a flat/dull finish.
Color inks including PMS colors, lose their intensity and vibrancy.
Metalized Area (silver): When printing halftones, the reflection of the metal produces a shiny,
metallic look. When printing with a solid ink, a color change will occur.
Metalized Mirror Band: Some color change will occur.
Printing a white flood will eliminate some of the differences of printing on the different disc surface areas.
A white flood gives the ink a more opaque look and keeps the colors closer to what is specified. Printing a
halftone without a white flood will alter the ink color. Colors may also not reproduce accurately when they
are overprinted on top of each other.
Gradual fades or “vignettes” should be avoided – especially when it is a wide range. Gradual fading of
halftones is not recommended because dot gain and tonal jump will occur. Dot gain is when ink dots print
larger then they should and begin to blend together causing darker tones and stronger colors. Tonal jump is
the appearance of very pronounced rows of dots when trying to fade from light to heavy.
Font Size (size of text):
Minimum of 4 pt. bold font size for text should be used.
Reverse Font Size:
Size of text knocked out to silver of disc or background color, should be a minimum of 6 pt. bold. Fonts
smaller than this have a tendency to close as the ink spreads during silk screen printing.
Reverse Font on Halftone Size:
Size of text knocked out on halftone in background should be a minimum of 7 pt. bold.
Line Width:
Minimum line width of 0.5 pt. this includes lines in fonts, logos and placed images.
Reverse Line Width: Width of line knocked out to silver of disc or background color, should be a
minimum of 0.75 pt.
Film Density:
Film Density is the degree of darkness (opacity) of photographic images. If emulsion is not dense enough,
light will pass through it when trying to expose image on silk screens – recommended density is no less than
3.5.
Film Quality:
Check for scratches, pinholes, cuts… on films.
Trapping:
Trapping is a spread of the image that prints at the start of the film sequence usually in the lighter color.
The lighter color spread goes under the images that print last or in the darker color. Overlapping of lighter
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colors by the darker colors is done to prevent silver/white from showing around the edges (i.e. letters) as
the machine adjusts during printing. Trapping should be a minimum of .5 pt.
Tonal Ranges:
Tonal ranges are the measurement of the screen value in any one given place. Less than 15% concentration
of dots will cause image loss during printing. Because of the potential of dot gain during silk screen
printing, values greater than 85% concentration of dots will cause parts of the image to close in and appear
splotchy. This can occur in halftones, solid backgrounds and especially in graduated fades. Values outside
this ranges are at the customers own risk.
Halftones/Lines per Inch (LPI):
The amount of black spaces that are placed between the rows of dots used to create a halftone (photo
image) or screened area. Dot size is relative and automatically controlled by the computer that outputs the
films. L&M is able to print an LPI of 133 (minimum of 100) for silk screen and 175 for offset.
Title/Item Number:
Customer supplied films must be clearly marked with your item number so we can easy identify the films.
Choke/Spread:
Trapping terminology or the overlap overprinting images to avoid color or silver fringes/borders around
image detail or words.
Tonal Jump:
Dot tones having an extreme variation resulting in a defined line instead of a smooth gradual fade or blend
in a vignette or shade. Avoid large color ranges vignettes in screen printing.
Emulsion:
Coating of film, emulsion side must be up on positive films (silk screening) and down on negative films
(offset).
Registration Marks:
Crosses or other targets used for positioning film in register, or to register two or more colors in process
printing. All films must have registration marks in the following positions – 0, 90, 180 and 270. If improper
or no registration marks are provided, films will not be used and new ones must be provided.
Spot Colors:
Spot colors/PMS colors are the same in silk screening and offset. Spot colors should be referenced using
COATED stock colors.
Number of colors:
For silk screening the maximum number of colors that can be printed is 5 – generally 4 color process and
white flood. For offset we can print 6 colors, 4 color process a white flood and 1 spot color. In some cases
we can do 7 colors, where white flood is printed first, this will result in extra charges which will be provided
by your CSR. NOTE: White flood and spot colors in offset are printed silk screen and require positive
films.
Moiré:
Is a pattern resulting from the use of inappropriate film and screen angles. Rows of dots on the film
conflict with those on another piece. The effect is a distinctive box-like shape with hazy edges. Moiré can
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“walk” or “grow” as the film is rotated on a center axis. Patterns can also be caused by screen angle against
the dot row angle on a single piece of film. L&M currently uses the following angles and you should have
customer supplied films made at the same angles.
Yellow: 52.5 Degrees
Cyan: 37.5 Degrees
Magenta: 7.5 Degrees
Black: 52.5 Degrees
NOTE: ANY DEVIATION FROM THESE SPECIFICATIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS IS
AT THE CUSTOMERS RESPONSIBILTY AND THE CUSTOMER WILL BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR FINAL OUT COME.
IF L&M FEELS THAT A CD/DVD WILL NOT PRINT CORRECTLY WE WILL NOT
ACCEPT THE CUSTOMERS FILMS OR ARTWORK AND THIS WILL RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL CHARGES AND DELAYS IN DELIVERY TIMES. IF DEVIATION FROM
THESE SPECIFICATIONS IS ONLY NOTED AT PRESS TIME, THIS WILL RESULT IN
DELAYS IN DELIVERY AND POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
Artwork submission guidelines
Films: Customer supplied films must follow the guidelines outlined above. We will only accept films for
silk screen jobs all offset films must be done at L&M.
Electronic files: L&M is able accept files for both MAC and PC platforms. Files should be submitted in
one of the following formats:
Preferred file formats:
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High resolution PDF with outlined fonts and layers. Artwork should be square 127mm x
127mm in size.
EPS files with outlined fonts and layers. Artwork should be square 127mm x 127mm in size.
AI files with outlined fonts and layers.
PSD files with outlined fonts and layers.
If outlined fonts are not being provided then ALL fonts in the job must be submitted –
BESURE TO INCLUDE THE FONT NOT JUST A REFERENCE OR SCREEN
FONT.
JPEG files that are 127mm x 127mm square and good resolution.
Avoided file formats:
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TIF files should be avoided especially if spot colors are required.
QUARK or INDESIGN files should be avoided as well. These files tend to be the most
problematic files to process through our systems. They need to be sent with all linked files
and every font used. Often there is something missing when these files are sent.
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Freehand files. Corel draw, MS Word or MS Paint and the like, files will not be accepted.
File Submission Protocols: Files can be submitted in the following manners:
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To our online customer information system file upload.
On CDR/DVD sent by the customer to your CSR.
Downloaded from the your/designers FTP server.
E-mail using ZIP or SIT files.
Proofing of Electronic Art: L&M will e-mail you a PDF proof of you electronic artwork. These proofs
are to insure we have not missed any content or design elements.
NOTE: ANY DEVIATION FROM THESE GUIDELINES CAN RESULT IN DELAYS OF
YOUR JOB. DEVIATION WILL ALSO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL ART CHARGES.
IF L&M FEELS THAT A CD/DVD WILL NOT PRINT CORRECTLY WE WILL NOT
ACCEPT THE CUSTOMERS FILMS OR ARTWORK AND THIS WILL RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL CHARGES AND DELAYS IN DELIVERY TIMES. IF DEVIATION FROM
THESE SPECIFICATIONS IS ONLY NOTED AT PRESS TIME, THIS WILL RESULT IN
DELAYS IN DELIVERY AND POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
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