In the Digital print room slot, I had some time to do to some paper printing test for my publication pages. There were two types of papers that I experimented with: one of the papers was a crystal or pure white colour, with a bit of a glossy shine to it.
Overall, the images on this particular paper came out very well. The colours of my photographs of Switzerland and the Lake District were very similar to the colours on my Macbook. However, I could adjust the colours slightly as some images were a tiny bit darker compared to others. I especially wanted the colours of the rural scenery colours to stand out more as well as the colours of the typography signages.
For the other paper which was the more creamy colour. Again there were good results, the images on the pages of my publication came out well onto the paper. This paper also has a bit of a shine to it, giving the photos a professional polish. But with this particular type of paper as it is slightly darker the images need to be brighten up moderately, additionally I want to emphasise the rural colours in the background of the rural typography signage.
When I completed printing off my images on the two types of papers, I query to my peers / tutor on which type of paper would be most suitable for the publication and which one they favoured more on. In conclusion, most votes went with the creamy colour paper to be my overall pages colours for the publication. The reasoning of this was: if I was to use the white colour pages, it will get more dirtier compare to the cream colour paper. Especially when the publication is designed to be coffee book publication. In reality the publication will be handed a lot as new visitors from different places come to examine the book. The creamy colour paper would match the hard cover of my publication. The hard cover I have decided to do is a wood base hard cover, to match the rural signage concept.
Whilst test printing my pages onto the paper, I had a bit of trial and error with the images. Unfortunately, some of the images were cropped some parts were missing off the page. This might be because of the settings I set it as when printing, or the measurements that I made were incorrect. Therefore, I need to get this sorted before printing the final design.
Overall, the images on this particular paper came out very well. The colours of my photographs of Switzerland and the Lake District were very similar to the colours on my Macbook. However, I could adjust the colours slightly as some images were a tiny bit darker compared to others. I especially wanted the colours of the rural scenery colours to stand out more as well as the colours of the typography signages.
For the other paper which was the more creamy colour. Again there were good results, the images on the pages of my publication came out well onto the paper. This paper also has a bit of a shine to it, giving the photos a professional polish. But with this particular type of paper as it is slightly darker the images need to be brighten up moderately, additionally I want to emphasise the rural colours in the background of the rural typography signage.
When I completed printing off my images on the two types of papers, I query to my peers / tutor on which type of paper would be most suitable for the publication and which one they favoured more on. In conclusion, most votes went with the creamy colour paper to be my overall pages colours for the publication. The reasoning of this was: if I was to use the white colour pages, it will get more dirtier compare to the cream colour paper. Especially when the publication is designed to be coffee book publication. In reality the publication will be handed a lot as new visitors from different places come to examine the book. The creamy colour paper would match the hard cover of my publication. The hard cover I have decided to do is a wood base hard cover, to match the rural signage concept.
Whilst test printing my pages onto the paper, I had a bit of trial and error with the images. Unfortunately, some of the images were cropped some parts were missing off the page. This might be because of the settings I set it as when printing, or the measurements that I made were incorrect. Therefore, I need to get this sorted before printing the final design.
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