Tuesday 28 February 2012

Full colour Printing process Explained

Full colour Printing process Explained
 
unlike digital printing and computer printing where an individual may just click and send the document to a printers , things are different when comes to offset printing printing. Offset printing is set of events, where one step lead to another before the final output is produced i.e That is pre- press and press itself. Printing process is guided by the following procedures.

  1. Designing – This entails converting the document to be printed to graphics or rather in soft copy. This necessary since the same document need to be used to procedure soft films or paper plates for that matter.

  1. Proof – a sample of what is to be printed is then provided for proof reading or amendment if any. Due to producing a proof by offset printing is costly thus this is often done by digital printing.
  1. Colour separations – although not all job will require colour separations, this is mandatory for full colour job. During this process, colours are identified and arranged in schedule in order to achieve final colours and out put. indeed poor separation will always lead to poor output.

  1. Plates and film – after separation , the designed work is produced to the films which are in turn used to give printing plates. This may vary on size and quantity depending on the machine being used for printing and the type of job to be printed. For example one colour one may need only one and full requires four to five plates

  1. The offset printing Activities now starts when the plates are registered in the printing machine. The stages and procedures at this point depends with operator,the type of printing machine and number of colour being printed and what the machine can hold at a go.

  1. Finishing – This is probably the final stage in printing, this may vary from job to job, but activities May include, cutting and trimming,binding,perforation,creasing,folding, uv vanish,numbering etc

It worth noting implied services and stages has been ignored, for instance packaging ,sourcing for business and so on. Most the offset printing job will undergo the said procedures.


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Services / Products offered By Kenyan Printers

Services / Products offered By Kenyan Printers
 
The services offered by one printing firm in Kenya may vary greatly from offered by  another printing firm. Although a full offset printing company may offer vast range of the product and services and  small firm tend to concentrate on one areas. 
 
Other printing many firm in Kenya do supply office stationery as well, which go hand in hand with printing works. For example Inkpaste Printers and Stationers and medallion enterprises in Nairobi Kenya are suppliers of printing works,office and school stationery and dealers in offset and computers printing papers. 
 
However, in other hand company like Allpack industries, ASL packaging and East Africa Packaging have specialized in packaging alone. As matter of facts the following services are done by most of the printing companies in Kenya.

  • Letter Heads printing 
  • complimentary slips
  • Business Cards printing
  • Books printing
  • Educational Material And Exams
  • Labels
  • Stickers
  • Posters
  • Brochures
  • Cartons
  • Chipboard Boxes
  • Calenders
  • Promotion Items
  • Plastic Cards
  • Magazines And Newsletters
  • CD covers
  • functions and invitation cards
  • banners 
  • roll up banners 
  • t-shirts printing
  • manuals and document printing
  • magazines
  • newsletters and reports
  • flyers
  • cake boxes
  • cartons
  • roll up banners
  • newspapers printing
  • exams 
  • booklet and publication
  • paper flags
  • reports and newsletters

Monday 27 February 2012

Printing HOT spot areas in Nairobi, Kenya

Printing HOT spot  areas in Kenya


Although printing business has spread allover Kenya in all counties and provinces we can not denied the fact that Nairobi is the hub of printing business in Kenya.

From the Central business districts (cbd) , industrial  area and its environs printing is in all the corners of town. For example Inkpaste printers in Town, Ramco printing on Mombasa road, Bizone at industrial, Baricho industries on jogoro road , yastat printers at baba dogo, and manipal press  at mlolongo. It is with no doubt at every point of Nairobi region is a printing area. There are unlimited printing  companies and press firms.
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The following areas are know to be the Printing HUB in Nairobi,Kenya I.e from books printing and publishing,banner printing, conference printings, document printing,large format printing, photocopy services, screen printing,computer printing, digital printing, offset printing, designing and finishing activities.
  1. River Roads
  2. Sheikh Karume Street
  3. Jansala
  4. Kijabe Street
  5. Gariama Road
  6. cross road
  7. and industrial area
  8. kweria road / off kirinyaga road.
  9. luthuli avenuie
  10. mfangano street 
 
The areas mentioned are hot spot, however, other places are emerging day by day. It has been observed, the type of machine and individuals has determines greatly where to located his printing business. Full printing press and independent are likely to be in industrial or out skirt of Nairobi. Small printers and whose consumption of space and power is low are likely to be at the Central Business District.