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Printing

Most of our packaging products are printed using the flexographic process. The ink is coated onto a raised polymer printing plate that is then rolled against the packaging surface to produce the printed image. Unlike the more familiar litho process (used for printed leaflets and stationery) the detail to be printed must contain only line art without any graduated tints or screens.

Tissue, paper rolls and film rolls are limited to three spot colours, overprinted paper carrier bags are available printed two spot colours or full colour CMYK.

Printed luxury bags and boxes has non of the above limitations and can be printed in a variety of finishes including 4 spot colours, CMYK, metallic foil, gloss UV and embossing.

Artwork

If you can supply your own artwork please follow the recommendations below, the person or company who designed your logo will be able to provide you with this.

Digital Format

Artwork must be vector based in either Adobe Illustrator, PDF or EPS format with fonts saved as outlines.

Please note JPEG files are not suitable unless they are for full colour CMYK printing

Please email artwork to artwork@widdup.co.uk

Plate Charges

Paper, Film, Tissue Rolls & Sheets - Please see our plate costs and layout guide below

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Paper Carrier Bags - £15 per colour for a print area up to A4, £25 per colour for a print area larger than A4.

Labels - £5 per colour for ink printed labels, £15 per colour for foil printed labels.

Ribbon - £15 per colour

Delivery

A carriage contribution charge of £6.95 will be applied for all orders under £250 excluding VAT. Delivery postcodes starting with IV, KW, PA, PH19-PH44, ZE, KA27 and KA28 there will be an additional £12.86 per parcel. Please contact us for delivery options outside of mainland UK.