Final Finishing Touches; Die Cutting; Lamination; Varnish - Xerox DocuColor 6060 Operator's Manual

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Final Finishing Touches

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Die Cutting

In die cutting, shapes are cut out of a page with sharp knives. It is most often
used to create attention-getting documents, or for packaging with unique
shapes, like video box covers.

Lamination

Laminated documents are encased in a thin, washable plastic coating to protect
frequently handled documents from the elements and human wear and tear.

Varnish

Varnishing protects documents from the elements and can also be used as a
design to enhance a document. Depending on the desired effect, gloss or matte
(dull) varnish can be applied to an entire document (flood coverage) to give it a
smooth overall finish, or to specific portions of a page (spot coverage) to
highlight some parts of the document while de emphasizing others.

Embossing

When a document is embossed, it is pressed between two dies (or molds) to
create a raised or lowered texture on the sheet. This works best on uncoated
cover weight papers.
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