Digital Paper Tips

—Garth Geist, Unisource Worldwide

• The best advice is to design the piece so the folds go through unprinted or lightly printed areas. If you must fold a printed area, then choose a very smooth paper, and consider scoring cover weight papers.

—Laura Shore, Mohawk Paper

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Preprinted Paper:

• Preprinting by conventional printing and then adding personalized data with digital printing is a good second step. The type of paper is dependent on the job and the press. Typically, paper that is high in quality will be guaranteed for both conventional and digital printing. A trial is always recommended and most paper suppliers offer free paper. Avoid using heavily textured papers in digital applications after offset printing. Printing on paper that was engraved, foil stamped, embossed or produced using thermography may cause high-speed copiers to jam.