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Dull Varnish

Dull Varnish will do the opposite of gloss varnish it will DE-emphasize whatever's varnished as seen below. It reduces glare almost completely, eliminating light glare obstruction. Dull Varnish contains platelets that rise to the surface as it sets and dries. When dull varnish overprints paper and ink, it produces a velvet-like rippled effect. Dull Varnish plates will be output when printing separations, simply set them up as a 'spot color' plate.

Aqueous Coatings and Dull Varnishes are sometimes used to reduce glare on glossy paper and thus increases readability. Dull Varnish but works best when played off against other varnishes like a gloss, Aqueous Coating and Dull Varnish, that's the same order in which you'll see or notice the varnished elements. Take a look at the illustration below printed in black ink only with matte and gloss varnish played off to create beauty from line art. Varnishing only on specific areas of a printed piece takes design to a new level.

Matte or dull varnish is simply achieved by adding additional amounts of a dulling agent to the chemistry mix.

Printed in black ink only + gloss varnish and a double hit of matte varnish. The above, spot color channels were used for Varnish plates.

Set-up Varnish on your printing in a Digital your digital File by setting in up as a separate spot color. It can be applied in-line but for optimum results it's best as a separate pass or in the case above three separate passes. Varnish on your printing is considered a multi-color print job. In the case below 4 process colors, 2 fluorescent colors and 3 varnishes were applied.

Tinted Varnish

Tinted Varnish may even be substituted for ink as shown below. Tinted Varnish allows you to work in pastel so your viewers will enjoy the uniqueness of the design and print. Any time you introduce additives to varnish, tinted varnish. It is usually done very subtly. The tinted varnish example below contains no more than 20% Pantone ink colors.

Technical Printing Specifications

Pre-press
Separations Linotype-Hell 3010 Digital Drum Scanner
Page Assembly Electronically assembled with CREO Prinergy
Connect 2.0 Workflow and Heidelberg Signastation Proofing Digital Match Print on CREO Trendsetter 3244 Spectrum Final Output Imposed files output direct-to-plate on a CREO Trendsetter CTP unit Presses Cover/Demos Heidelberg (28”x40”)
7 (6 printing and tower coater) Unit Multicolor Press Tab/Swatches Heidelberg H240 (28”x40”) 2 Unit Multicolor Press

Printing
Cover Carrier Domtar Cornwall C1S, 14 pt.; 4-color process, match green, match blue, PMS 7448C, spot gloss varnish, blind emboss and registered deboss
Fine Linen C1S, 10 pt. coated side; 4-color process Mill Stock/Specs Tab Domtar Cornwall C1S, 10 pt.; black and match green
Mill Stock/Specs Sheets Domtar Cornwall C1S, 8 pt.; black, match green
Swatch Divider Domtar Cornwall
C1S, 10 pt.; match green, PMS
7448C, 2 hits and overall gloss
aqueous varnish Swatches Domtar Cornwall, one of every available item; black
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