4 factors of paper affecting your catalog printing

Catalog printing are commodities and artworks that rely on visual arbitration. Their quality depends on many factors, and paper characteristics are undoubtedly one of the important factors.

Four factors affecting catalog printing paper:
1.The effect of paper characteristics on the gloss of catalog:
Paper forms a capillary network structure due to the interweaving of fibers, with a large number of pores, which become the basis for ink absorption. The balance between the absorption time of the ink binder by the paper capillary network and the fixing time of the binder determines the degree of penetration of the binder when the gloss of the printed matter is formed. Generally, the gloss of printed catalog decreases as the absorption capacity of paper increases.

2.The Influence of Paper Characteristics on Tone Reproduction of Printed Image:
The primary requirement for image reproduction is that the copied image visually matches the original. But in fact it is impossible to achieve in most cases. Obviously in most cases, the density range of the original is larger than the density range of the printed image, and as the quality of the catalog paper decreases, the smaller the density range that can be copied, the same is true for saturation and color.

3.The influence of paper characteristics on dot gain:
The smooth surface of the ink produces the best solid density on higher-quality paper. When the paper quality decreases, the solid ink density decreases, resulting in a certain dot expansion, which affects the quality of the catalog printing in China.

4.The influence of paper characteristics on the accuracy of printing:
For fine prints, the registration requirements are relatively high, and the general allowable error is within 0.05mm. In multi-color printing, there are many reasons for inaccurate overprinting, but the deformation of the paper due to changes in the moisture content of the paper during the printing process is an important factor