Offset Printing: Copper / Neon Pink / Cyan

We’re back with a 2nd Edition of this experimental publication together with Lasalle Design Communication students. This time, new spot colour combinations that we’ve rarely seen are being used—Process Cyan, PANTONE 806 C, and PANTONE 876 C.

Check out the First Edition here.
 

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Offset printing, although a standard in commercial printing, is often used in larger projects due to its cost-effectiveness in larger quantities, which incurs costs impractical for students or small initiatives. For this reason, it is seldom experimented with as a process and is even less likely encountered as part of learning in graphic design.

This project addresses this limitation and with the generosity of Allegro Print, invites students to explore offset printing using non-CMYK spot colours. The process involves creating test print images/graphics and a few rounds of testing using the Risograph (as simulation) and offset printing press to produce this small publication of collective sample experiments. 

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Offset Printing: Copper/ Neon Pink/ Cyan is a 5-week project at LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore) with 2nd year BA Design Communication students, supported by Allegro Print and RJ Paper, led by Gideon Kong.

Images/graphics made by (in order of page sequence): Sin Kai Siang, Carenza Angela Hannata, Alda Soh Bi Rui, Patricia Abigail Besoro William, Chon Hui Chin, Nasya Shane Fran, Jie Hwain, Gwyneth Anne Peter, Muhammad Zafhir Bin Nordin, Park Yoonjin, Tan Kiat Wei, and Phoebe Lim Qianyi.

This document is offset printed by Allegro Print in Copper (Pantone 876 C), Neon Pink (Pantone 806 C), and Cyan (Process Cyan) on Shiruku White 115gsm from RJ Paper in a print run of 300 copies.

Special thanks to Merlyn Tay (Allegro Print) and Jeanette Lim (RJ Paper) for supporting the project, Azelia Ng, Ke Ho Kiat, and the staff at Allegro Print for their time and guidance, and Vikas Kailankaje for initial conversations and planning of the project.

Files are prepared using colour profiles kindly provided by Color Library. Grateful to Julien from Color Library / Maximage for providing them for the duration of this workshop!