The Print Handbook (2nd Edition)

The New Print Handbook

The 2nd Edition Print Handbook is sold out. But don't worry – there's a new one. And it's better than ever. You can find it here.

Never make a print mistake again. That's what The Print Handbook is all about. It's packed full of examples and tools to help you as a designer make sure your work looks perfect when printed.

Printed with 5 colours on silk, gloss and uncoated paper. The 300gsm cover is foiled and in our opinion looks and feels awesome.

The pages within are jammed with information and examples...

• 4 different paper stocks
• Foiled cover
• 5 colours (CMYK + Pantone Orange 021)
• Selected 1 colour pages
• File type comparisons (PSD, GIF, TIF, PNG, JPG, AI, PDF & EPS)
• DPI comparisons (50, 72, 150, 200, 300 & 600dpi)
• CMYK colour chart
• 6 Rich black examples
• Paper sizes chart
• Length conversion chart (inches, millimeters, pixels at 300dpi (this is really useful), picas & points)
• Paper weight conversion chart
• Overprinting examples
• 12 Binding examples
• 12 Fold examples
• Line weight examples (single, double & triple ink lines)
• Explanation of crop marks & bleed
• Examples of how paper affects colour
• Monotone, duotone & tritone examples
• Rendering intents examples
• Colour profile examples
• Glyphs
• CMYK & Pantone comparisons
• Trapping examples
• Typefaces at different sizes (2–10pt in 3 colours with 4 typefaces)
• Tints of text examples
• Tracking examples (-60 – +60)
• Printing process diagram