OUGD601 - Practical - Production of Final

After coming back from Christmas I had became aware of how much time I have left one of the first things that I did was book two print slots. I was able to get two slots one for the 18th and one of the 19th January. Due to the short amount of time that I have left to get the pack printed I did not have much chance to experiment with my stock choice and so I used the paper available in the print room. 

Poster spectrum - As I had originally wanted to print this as part of the poster zine I still wanted to be folded. This meant that my stock choice needed to be light, one of the only papers that I was able to find was 90gsm and is textured on the back, however this bring a nice texture through the paper, the light stock also allows for the paper to be folded easily. The over all print quality is what I wanted with no marks coming from the ink once it was folded, I am happy with result of this poster. 

Booklet - As this is only a 12 page booklet I thought it would be better to keep the page weight to a minimum. I was able to use a 200gsm paper for the front cover which helps to house everything and then inside I used 120gsn as this allows the pages to flick nicely for page to page. I did not have much trouble when printing the booklet, once it was printed I then had to cut down each page to the right size using a scalpel. I then used the folding machines to get perfect creases, this then makes it very easy to add the staples with zine stapler in the cutting room. 

Welcome card - For this I choice a 300 gsm stock, I felt that this weigh paper was the right thickness for a card that was going to be alone as it needed to be ridged so that it doesn't get damaged within the pack. 

Stickers - The stickers are very easy to make, I printed the design on to the sticker paper which has a matte finish. I choice this as I thought this would look like a better quality sticker. From there I put them in the vinyl cutter and this gets the perfect lines around them so they can used as proper stickers. 

Once I had everything printed it was time to put it all together. At this stage it was good to see the pack coming into shape, once the booklet was bound and I has cut out all of the stickers it was time to assemble the box before photographing. This was not an easy job as I had to wrap the vinyl sticker around the box, it was easier with the help of someone else but it went on easily once I had someone to hold the box.