We print with your preferred method on CD discs.
There are basically two ways of printing professionally on CDs: Screen printing and offset printing. Most common is screen print.
Because a disc is made of plastic and the packaging is normally paper, colormatching between the two is very complicated and not always possible. We always work hard to make the match as close as possible.
Screen print
Screenprint is sometimes referred to as serigrafi or silk-screen. A screen fabric or mesh s stretched onto a frame. The mesh is partially blocked with a stencil; negative of what is to be printed. Paint is then pressed thru the unblocket parts of the mesh onto the discs thus creating the print.
When should I select screen print
Only if you have a special color, -say a logo, that has to be 100% exactly the right "Ericssonblue".
This is the only reason, normally offset yields nicer results even though the colors might differ slightly
Offset lithography
Offset printing utilize four basic ink colors: CMYK. Dots of cyan (blue), magenta (red), yellow, and black (the K) are placed next to each other in specific patterns that trick the eye into seeing millions of colors. Additionally, offset printing can use premixed inks in a variety of specific colors as well as metallic and florescent inks. These are called spot colors and are normally from the PANTONE selection. Computer graphics generally use RGB (Red, Green, Blue) or CMYK colors. Graphics on the Web or designed for on-screen display are RGB images. Because offset printing utilitizes CMYK inks, all full-color graphics need to be saved with CMYK colors.
This simple conversion is done in your graphics software program.
Photographic printing plates are made of the file to be printed. The plates accept the ink which is then transferred to the paper or disc.
Go to Templates and download our CD-label template.
