Are you a first time buyer or new to shopping for printing? Here at MediaGP.com, we try to make shopping for printing easy. So if you have any questions about printing such as paper stock, the coatings and colors please read below before submitting your questions to our staff.

 

Paper stock or Paper thickness

Paper stock or paper thickness is how thick the paper is. In printing we mainly use to different types of measurements to measure the paper thickness and those are called, point, and pound, which is displayed by a '#' pound sign.

Club flyers, business cards, and postcards are normally measured with the point scale and usually is presented as 12pt for 12 point thickness.

FYI: Club flyers, business cards, and postcards are 12pt. standard with most print companies, MediaGP.com provides you with 14pt. standard thickness for what other companies charge you for 10pt -12pt.

Brochures, door hangers, posters, and catalog sheets are normally measured with the other scale, called pound .There isn't really a standard size for these materials you just choose how thin or thick you want your paper.

 

Colors and Color System

When it comes to printing colors are broken down into 4 separate colors which can be mixed to make any color and shade, except metallic and clear coats. The way this system works is by numbers. If you were searching for full color printing, such as MediaGP.com provides then you should be looking for the 4/4 sign.

4/4 means that there are 4 colors on one side and 4 colors on the other side. This doesn't mean you only get 4 colors like red, blue, white, and black. This means that you have full color such as the colorful photo posted below displays.

4/4 provides you with every color except for metallic colors and clear coats on selective areas.

FYI: MediaGP.com provides you with full color printing for more than 50% less than most other companies. To check yourself here is a link to google.com page on a search for "business cards". LINK

1/1 means that each side only has one color. Below is a black and white replica of the full color image displayed above to visually show you what 1/1 is.

1/1 doesn't mean your stricken to use only back and white but means that your stricken to using only one color.

 

Why doesn't MediaGP.com sell printing by the color as most printing competitors?

MediaGP.com sells full color printing for what other companies charge for 1 color or black and white printing because extra colors aren't costing us anything more to print so why should it cost you?