Sony DADC manual Label Printing, Printing Processes, Printing Areas, Label Film Dimensions

Label Printing

4. LABEL PRINTING

The following pages contain important specifications on the DVD printing and the film material required.

Please transmit this information to your graphics artist or designer.

4.1. Printing Processes

Sony DADC uses screen printing processes for printing DVDs as well as offset printing processes.

The following types of print can be processed:

●line prints with up to 4 colours (3 colours for DVD-10)

●half-tone prints

●duplex and triplex prints

●Four-colour prints

(picture disc: offset/screen printing)

For particular requirements with respect to printing quality in four-colour print, we offer the High Definition Picture Disc. This is to be recommended

particularly with applications including photographs, faces, landscapes or designs which are similar to photographs.

A specific offset process is used which facilitates a resolution that is about double that of the screen print.

4.2. Printing Areas

On the following pages the three possible printing areas on a DVD label are illustrated (specifications F, G and H).

Please mind that there may be colour deviations between the print on the aluminium coated part and the non-aluminium coated interior parts. Therefore, we advise to preprint an entire white base to minimise colour deviations with specifica- tions F, G, H.

4.3. Label Film Dimensions

Please ensure that your label films comply with the required specifications F to H (see page 10 to 13). Any necessary label film corrections are charged according to our price list.

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