Specialty paper that makes the design excellent

Core tip: reducing the pages of publications and printing does help you maintain your original budget, but when all the production processes are finished, we still hope that our design will attract readers’ attention and have an impact on their emotions. To achieve this goal, we can try to enter the world of specialty paper. Regular metal foiled paper can glitter with dazzling light with the help of colorless mica crystals. If tiny mica particles are sprinkled on the uncoated white or colored paper, they can give the paper a unique glow. Although the paper looks like metal, it is actually not added with metal.

Metal foiled paper
Regular paper can glitter with dazzling light with the help of colorless mica crystals. If tiny mica particles are sprinkled on the uncoated white or colored paper, they can give the paper a unique glow. Although the paper looks like metal, it is actually not added with metal. Different luster of the metal foiled paper allows you to fully use your imagination and let you dreams run wild freely.

Translucent paper
Translucent paper has a relatively long development history, and at first it was used to make advertising leaflets. Just like iridescent paper and metal foiled paper, translucent paper is also rich in color, which can give a distinctive visual effect to the printing materials such as business cards, invitations and marketing brochures. In addition, there is a significant growth in the choices of different colors, texture and gram weights for the translucent paper, including Cromática、CharthamTranslucent、CuriousTranslucents、Gilclear、UVULTRAII, and GlamaNatural, whatever the choices are, they can all bring you an enjoyment of beauty.
If you can add a translucent advertising page which has a highly contrasting effect to the regular black and white manual and decorate it with simple spot color or plain embossing, you can absolutely leave a deep impression on your customers.

Special sense of touch
The European market is very good at using paper with special texture and willing to do so as well, which helps promote the revival of the traditional laid paper to some extent. In the production of paper, pressing of novel patterns can make the surface of paper get a embossing or debossing texture.
New textures give new life to paper. Among such kind of paper, some looks and feels like leather; some are almost identical to rubber, all of which makes the printing materials more nice-looking, and are suitable for all kinds of printing process, including embossing and die-cutting.

Substitute paper
Paper made from alternative fibers from beer, ambary, coffee, garlic and bananas, etc. has been around for many years. Now, a paper made from stone—or more accurately, minerals—has become a new member of the substitute paper family. Non-tree paper, such as TerraSkin, ViaStone and PapeRock, is being shipped from Asia to the rest of the world continuously. In early 1999, such paper had already been made, and its main composition is calcium carbonate, a chemical that can be found in common rocks in nature.
Not only does mineral paper not tear easily, but it is also waterproof. It doesn’t absorb ink in the way just like traditional paper, so it can save about 20 to 30 percent of the ink. In addition, mineral paper can give people a special feeling: it is as smooth as cream, and cold to the touch. The fist time you see it, you can feel its difference.

Synthetic paper
Synthetic and mineral paper have a lot in common. The paper is made from polypropylene and inorganic filler instead of traditional wood fiber. Synthetic paper is very similar to traditional paper in printing as they both have superior durability, water resistance and abrasion resistance. Synthetic paper also doesn't deform when submerged in water, making them ideal for products like maps, membership cards and menus.

Conclusion:
Specialty paper can be a bit more expensive than standard paper, but it's definitely within your reach, especially when you consider its good effect on the design. There are various kinds of specialty paper, and you can try one by one.
Whether the specialty paper catch your eyes through reflected light or sense of touch, these exciting paper can really enhance the effect of your design, and add bright light to your works.

Source: Bisheng Network

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