Niche finishing to be explained in free webinar

Printers and finishers that are nervous about moving into niche areas of finishing are being offered the chance to learn about new techniques via a free webinar.

Areas including foil stamping, letterpress printing, embossing and engraving will be discussed at the webinar on 7 May 2009.

It will be hosted by PaperSpecs, and will include advice from US print expert Stuart Slater, who has 30 years experience in the industry.

Discussions will look at how to approach these techniques, when to use them individually and when to combine them, how to prepare files and what substrates are best suited for each technique.

Slater will review the basics of each process and its limitations, discuss the costs of dies and how they're made, as well as sharing his insights on the techniques.

He said: "The most successful marketing messages today contain a human, high-touch factor. We see clients striving to achieve that in everything from branding and corporate identity to product packaging and annual reports.

"Engraving, embossing and foil stamping deliver that quality and they make your message stand out."

For more information, visit the Domino website