The Printing Process @ Graphics 3

Do you offer Design & Creative Services?
ABSOLUTELY! We have a very dynamic creative staff who can bring your ideas and visions to life in full color printing design. Please email us at cservice@g-three.com for a quick, hassle-free quote.

Can I order 1 and 2 color printing?
Yes, we not only offer full color printing, but also 1 and 2 color printing. We are a full service printing company that can meet all your printing needs. Contact us at cservice@g-three.com for you quick, hassle-free quote.

What is Ghosting?
Ghosting can occur when heavy or dense amounts of ink are printed in one area. This will affect the ink density of another area resulting in unwanted images.  Graphics 3 assumes no responsibility for ghosting caused by heavy ink coverage or abrupt changes in ink densities called for in the design and layout of a print job.

Color Accuracy and Matching:
We strive to provide the most accurate color reproduction and to maintain consistent color throughout the course of each and every press run. We print every product with normal ink densities, that meet the NAPL standards. If you have a job that has critical color, we will provided you with a Contract Color Proof, for an additional cost. This is a proof printed on our Epson Proofer, a calibrated digital printer designed for high-resolution proofing. Customers will sign off on proofs when color matching is critical. Our press operators will ensure that your job matches the proof. Contract Color Proofs are only provided when specifically asked for by our customer.

Online PDF Proofs:
Online PDF proofs viewed by the customer on a computer monitor use a color space called RGB. RGB stands for red, green, blue which are the primary colors of light used to display color images on your monitor. Offset printing presses produce full color images using a four color ink process called CMYK. CMYK stands for Cyan (blue), Magenta (red), Yellow, and Black.

Graphics 3 prints to a pleasing color standard through the use of standard ink densities. While RGB color may look good on a computer screen or desktop printer, it may not produce the results desired when printed on an offset printing press. This is due to the wide variations in color spaces, technologies, and calibrations of different displays and printing

Contract Color Proofs:
Graphics 3 will submit Contract Color Proofs along with original copy for the customer’s review and approval, if ordered by the customer. Corrections will be returned to Graphics 3 on the Original/Master Set marked “O.K”, or “O.K., with corrections”, or “Revised Proof Required” and signed by the customer. Until the Original/Master Set is received, no additional work will be performed. Graphics 3 will not be responsible for undetected production errors if any of the following conditions are found to be true:

- Proofs are not ordered by the customer
- The work is printed per the customer’s O.K.
- Requests for changes are communicated orally.

Image Color Space
There are two basic color spaces used in graphics and printing. One is RGB (Red, Green and Blue). Scanners, monitors and digital cameras use a combination of red, green and blue light to display and create your images. The combination of red, green and blue light can create more visible colors than the combination of CMYK can. The other space is CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black). Printing presses, color copiers and most inkjet printers use these four ink colors to create your images. This is also known as 4-color printing, and is how most magazines and other color materials are printed.

What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get

Because of differences in how colors are viewed, how good your monitor is, how hold your monitor is, and how well your monitor is calibrated, what you see on your monitor is not necessarily what you will get in print. Once you have received samples of what we printed from your files, we recommend that you adjust your monitor to match the final printed output. That way the next image you create will look more similar on screen and on paper. We also suggest that once you like the way your image looks on screen, lighten it slightly, especially in the midtone area, as it will most likely darken slightly when printed due to the nature of printing.

Most applications will give you the option to work in either CMYK or RGB color mode. It is fine to begin working in RGB, there are some filters in Photoshop that are only available when working in RGB mode. Just remember to convert to CMYK before submitting your images to us. Keep in mind that it red, green and blue light create more colors than cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks do. Therefore, your image may look a little different in RGB than in CMYK. If we must do the conversion here, we are not responsible if you are not happy with the conversion results.