Hardcover book printing which process do you prefer

Different printing process and price of book cover affect the effect of book printing. When we print books, what are the cover printing processes?

1. UV varnishing

UV (ultra violet) varnishing process is also called UV curing varnishing. Varnishing technology can enhance the appearance effect of the printed matter, make the color brighter, and also improve the use performance of the printed matter and enhance the protection performance of the printed matter. UV Varnishing is divided into two types: full page UV varnishing and spot UV. Since spot UV appeared in book printing a few years ago, It is widely used in book cover binding by publishing houses, especially in children's book, financial, literature, management and graphic books.

2. Lamination

Lamination is to use transparent plastic film to adhere to the surface of the book cover by hot pressing, so that it has the functions of friction resistance, moisture resistance, light resistance, water resistance and antifouling, and increases its luster. There are two types of films, high gloss type and matte type. The high gloss film makes the book surface dazzling and magnificent; the matte film makes the book simple and elegant. The matte film makes the color of the printed matter darker and softer. The bright film makes the color of the printed matter more colorful, but it is easy to appear random reflection. The cost of the matte film is higher than that of the bright film.

3. Embossing/Debossing

This is a process of "printing" without ink. Embossing/Debossing is to use the matching concave and convex steel mould or copper mould to press out the contour of the whole figure or pattern which is concave convex three-dimensional. In book binding, embossing is mainly used to print letter covers, Cover Texts and patterns or wire frames, so as to improve the stereoscopic sense of printed products, and also can be printed with ink or partial UV polishing after embossing, so as to make the image and text more prominent. This technology is also widely used in hardcover or cover of hardcover books. With the way of hand carving, there are three or four levels of relief effect.

4. Foil stamping

Foil stamping is to use gold, silver, red or other colors of anodized aluminum foil or powder foil (matte) to heat on the book cover made of wood, leather, fabric, paper or plastic to print the title, pattern, wire frame, etc. The book cover is noble and gorgeous after being pressed with color foil, which can enhance the flicker of the printed matter. This method is widely used for cover decoration. In the past, people used to iron the case and back of hardcover books with gold and silver, but now there are more and more paperback books with gold and silver.

5. Die cutting

Die cutting is a process of forming a die-cutting plate with a steel blade and rolling the printed matter or paper into a certain shape on the die-cutting machine. It can roll the printed matter into arc or other complex shapes, and can also punch or hollow the printed matter.

The above is a common cover technology. After understanding, what technology do you think is more suitable for your book?