Spot UV involves a clear, shiny coating applied to specific areas of artwork to create an eye-catching contrast, making it a luxury choice for business cards. The “glossy” spot are Spot UV effect.
Example of Spot UV varnish
Step 1: Create 2 artboards
Step 2: Save as our PDF preset ( 1 pdf file for each printing side)
NOTES:
Spot UV varnish can be apply to the edge BUT it is not recommendable because it may “peel”
Images The image to be Spot UV varnished can be a vector graphic, text, shape, solid colour or picture (need to trace out the Spot UV part for picture).
Vital elements (text, images, logo, etc) must be kept within the Safe Zone.
Fill the area/image to be Spot UV varnished with PROCESS BLACK (K=100).
No tint or gradient effect allowed.
Registration of image to be Spot UV varnished must be accurately aligned with the offset printing artwork.
Spot UV NOT applied to outlines or outlines of a table (Outlines may cause unattractive mis-registration more noticeable).
Spot UV NOT applied at gluing area
Font size is not less than 4pts (Based on Arial font type size)
