Friday, February 23, 2018

Introducing The Thermography Powder And Considerations In Using It

By Dorothy Reynolds


Attaining a glossy finish is an ultimate goal in creating and printing designs on different cards, stationeries, envelopes, and other related materials. Special thanks to the colored inks which are seemingly raised from a flat surface and embossed creatively. It does not just apply to cards and papers but also to brochures, wraps, packaging, and other materials that can be designed.

A principle of such process is simple. The designers make use of a thermography powder which will be applied to a surface of a printed material. The remaining powders, which is said to have a power that adheres to an ink which was not dried yet, are removed through suction, shaking, or vibration.

It relies dependently on the type of thermographer you are using. You can have the powdered thing that you have been working with by facing it to a conveyor belt upwards. This phase is done to combine the power to the wet ink, thereby producing an embossing effect.

This, too, comes in varying ingredients like gold or bronze shade and even glitters and silver. While it is still wet, you can assure that the inked parts will have adhered with powdered grains, which later on will permanently bound with it as melting occurs. In that instance, the powder itself will adapt to the colors or shades of a wet and inked part.

As a result, a suitable metal color has dominated. It is said to possess a characteristic which is similar to the effects of embossing. When this is heated, a glossy or shiny surface, which is raised, is formed due to the slight swell and fuse caused by the heat itself.

The preceding paragraphs have already given you an idea of what this creation could do and what is its nature and function. However, this entails certain factors that you have to consider before using such as a design of your artwork and medium or material. These will be explained in the next paragraphs. Those factors are generally classified into two aspects.

Selecting the type of printable paper to use, Part One. What is referred here is its texture or thickness. Smooth papers are used to produce the highest quality of output possible. Textured and high grained ones sound good for it can give merit and twisted look to your masterpiece but maintaining a consistent pattern, letters, arrangements, and designs seems to be the most difficult and tiresome part that one would encounter.

Using one with loosed fibers is highly discouraged as its surface could occlude the powder grains. While the papers or stationery that are gummed are said to be thermographed, they should still be tested. This should be done to ensure that its gum will not be destroyed in the heating process. As for stationary and envelopes, it is done so that the grains cannot get inside them.

The second factor that you need to consider is the control of heat. Although there is no specific guideline to follow in controlling heat, there are criteria that you have to look upon. These will help you determine what amount or level of heat is appropriate for the material and thermograph powder you are going to use. These are the properties attributed to the paper or material, and many others.




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