What is Spot UV Finish packaging?
Spot UV finish packaging is a carryover term that is used in plastic bag printing to refer to areas of gloss coating on an otherwise standard packaging bag.
The Spot UV Process used to create these “spot” areas of gloss is different when printing plastics when compared to papers. The default finish of most plastics (with a few exceptions) is gloss. The glossy finish of plastics is one of the reasons they are pretty difficult to print. With paper, a spot varnish is applied to a select areas and then cured with Ultraviolet light. But with most flexible plastics printing the process is a bit different.
How to use Spot Gloss Varnish Finish for spot UV pouch?
This technique can be used to enhance key elements of your packaging. Like lamination, it increases the perceived quality of printed items.
There are three primary approaches that can yield very nice visual results when employing spot gloss in a design. First is spot UV as a wallpaper. Second is spot UV on a logo, and finally using Spot UV on photographic elements.
Using Spot gloss to develop a background wallpaper style pattern creates a nice visual for the spot UV packaging bag. It makes the background have more prominence. Typically companies choose their logo for the repeating pattern, to subliminally reinforce the logo in the consumers mind.
The most classic use of spot gloss is to highlight the company’s logo. With this approach, the logo “pops” from the luxurious matte background and draws the customer’s eye. A variation in this use of spot gloss is combining spot gloss with a metalized finish.
Another common way to use spot gloss is to apply spot UV to photographic elements. With this approach as with the other two, the base of the bag is a matte finish. Gloss helps high color images look clear and allows fine detail to show through.
Spot Gloss Wallpaper Pattern
Spot Gloss Logo
Spot Gloss On Images
Where can Spout UV use on ?
If you want your brand logo and images to stand out from afar and offer good readability, put spot UV on matte lamination on your list.
Using Spot UV on a Matte Varnish
Matte varnish gives the packaging a smooth, even and non-glossy surface. Spot UV + matte varnish is a popular choice for luxury packaging, particularly in the case of jewelry and cosmetic products.
The combination increases the vibrancy of certain areas of the printed surface for a luxurious, contrasting look.
Using Spot UV on a Soft-Touch Matte Finish
A soft-touch matte finish enhances the tactile feel of the soft-touch packaging.
Spot UV + soft-touch matte finish is yet another way of achieving a sophisticated look and velvety texture. The method of combining soft-touch and spot UV is silk spot UV.
What is the Spot UV Process?
The client supplies a mask file with instructions on where to apply the UV coating. The use of a silk-screen adds a clear UV coating on only the areas you have selected.
Mask files cannot contain gradients, pixels must be black or white, it cannot contain blurs nor shadows, and all of the artwork must have clean, sharp edges.
Spot UV is best reserved for fewer areas of the printed item – specifically the message or artwork. Too much of it scattered across the surface area can look cluttered and unaesthetic.
What the benefits of Spot UV pouch?
- Overall presentation: The additional process of spot UV provides an undeniable & striking experience to anyone who sees it for the first time. It creates a visible textual impression that a standard coated print wouldn’t have.
- Environmentally friendly: UV coatings do not contain solvents, nor do they release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the time of curing.
- Quick and effective: UV coating has an extremely fast drying time, which helps ensure fast lead times. Being a quick drying technique, the precision achieved is quite remarkable.
- Protective layer: As the color on the printed item is sealed in, spot finish also offers reliable protection against moisture.
Spot UV pouch can let your package pouch stand out from the shelf, use spot UV on your logo, will let consumers easy to remember your brand, KX package can supply the best spot UV printing on your package bag, contact us to get more details.