The design for packaging&printing is very important, almost determine the final appearance of your products. It is a process ideas come into suitable solution.It include design finalizing, selection of material, choice of style & structure and insert choice if needed.
There are the following 6 tips you should keep in mind when you designing.
Artwork:The design file should be Vector Graphic (what is vector graphic) and high-resolution, it’s better to select ADOBE company design file, like ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, CORELDRAW. Final file format should be .PSD, .AI, .PDF, .CDRetc. ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR format (.ai) is Guprint recommend formats.
Size:For the packaging size, you need to place all the items together to check the packaging size in length x width x height. If there are glass or bottle, should take care of the safety. Ship us your items to mak a blank sample for confirming the size is better if you have many items or need insert.
Color: Instead to RGB color, for printing we need to using CMYK color model or Pantone color. CMYK refers to the four inks used in some color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black). Pantone color code normally be end with C or U, like 877C. Except offset printing, foil hot stamping also available.
Material: Except the normal white color material and brown kraft paper, Guprint also have options black cards, gold/silver cards, and special colored pattern paper like blue, red, pink, brown, yellow etc. If you have a sample pattern in mind, you can send to us for reference. Email us to see high resolution material photos.
For Paper Packaging &Printing, almost all the structure&style are Ok for us to make.For rigid paper gift boxes: drawer box, magnet flap box, base&lid style, foldable box, neck&shoulder style or other styles you may need are available See example.Folding carton is much easy for making,any shape, any structure, any style are available See example. No matter normal printing or pop up books we also have more than 5 years experence.
After the design finish,kindly insure all the fonts are curved. Then you need to make a 3D mock up or printing out for testing.Just to check the outlook is what you want and the size fits your products well.Then next step you can send to us for our designer double checking. You can share your file with us online like Dropbox, Goolge Drive, We Transfer or email to us directly.