Link & Match Print is a colour printing company that offers you a full range of quality commercial printing services. With this in mind, it is perhaps beneficial to offer the following advice and tips for your next job or at least give you an insight into the meanings of some common expressions.

How to Avoid Gradation Banding:
Reduce line screen (if 150 go to 133)
Compose screens of as many process colors as possible. (When they overlay each other they tend to cover better).
Always check your individual pieces of film: Colorkeys, Konicas, and some other proofing mediums will not show light screens or gradations well.
It is best to use match prints when doing gradations or light screens.

Setting up your disk for digital output:
Use only PostScript fonts. TrueType fonts do not output as consistently in this form of printing, since there is an inherent tendency for the digital RIP to use its own resident PostScript fonts as replacement for any TrueType fonts it encounters in a document while processing. Don't forget to include the printer fonts along with the screen fonts. It's also important to include all original images with your output file.
Avoid large solid areas in your design, as they do not print well. All scans should be saved as CMYK or grayscale in TIFF format. Do not use RGB images or JPEGs.
When using graduated blends, please note that lighter ones are preferable as darker blends tend to band. Introduce noise to blends to help counter banding problems.
Make sure all your Pantone colors are converted to process CMYK.
Never hand off a disk for output with anything other than the files to be output. It can cause confusion and waste time and your money.
Always include some form of printed proof with your file. This allows us to check that what we print looks as you intended (otherwise we may not be able to catch text reflows or color shifts). If your job is to be folded, remember to include a folded proof so we can verify that your pages are printed in the proper order.

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