Design Inc. is proud to offer dry rub transfer decals in a huge range of colours and metallics exactly the same in style and function as Letraset lettering. For anyone not familiar with them, it is basically the combination of ink and adhesive to create a very thin decal transfer which can be applied to a many range of materials.

These dry rub transfers are especially useful for short run visuals. Perhaps you would like to see (or show a client) a corporate brochure with a foil block to the front as close as possible to the final result without having to incur the costly expense of full-on wet proofs. We can print a single digital sample and using metallic dry rub transfers they can easily be hand-applied to the front to give a very realistic result.

Dry rub transfers are not as much as you’d think and compared to a real wet-proof the savings for visuals and small run jobs are significant. If you would like any further information, samples, examples of how they work or need a presentation visual for a corporate branding project yourself we would be happy to help.

Clients looking for luxury-look & feel, quick turnaround and most importantly, cost-effective folders have turned to Design Inc. for support and expertise in this area. We have seen a real increase in demand for these types of folders which are ideal for conferences, presentations or as business gifts.

The folders themselves are made from real leather, with a 4-D ring mechanism inside, pen holder, cd sleeve, and fastening zip, and free pad of paper they are available either screen printed or embossed with your corporate logo or brand identity and can be delivered using our same-day or overnight courier in as little as 5 days from artwork sign-off.

Coated and uncoated paper stocks are easily distinguished by their appearance. A coated paper has a shimmer to its surfaces and will feel smooth and waxy to the touch, whereas uncoated papers appear matt and will feel rougher or grainier to the touch. Deciding which type and finish of paper to use for a print job is very important and can drastically affect the way a printed ink appears.

Many companies have a logo, a style and therefore a company brand and it may be set out in a companies brand guidelines that only a particular Pantone pms ink reference may be use for their printed collateral. A customer might order a letterhead, a business card and a company brochure using different types of papers for each. When the printed items are complete they may all appear to have been printed using different colours, however this is not necessarily the case.

In very crude terms, if you think of coated papers as being like a pane of glass and uncoated papers as being like a sponge, when ink is printed onto each the appearance varies greatly. Printed coated papers will appear bright and colourful almost as though the inks were sitting on the surface whereas printed uncoated papers will appear duller and less vibrant where the inks have soaked into the paper’s fibres. Despite the big difference in the appearance of the colour it is the exact same ink that would have been used to print both.

It is for this reason that paper stocks should be considered for every need carefully. We have Pantone pms reference chips in the studio to show you the effect of your brand colour on both coated and uncoated papers and are more than happy to advise what is best suited to every project.