Ever thought of questions like which rich black is the best or how small can I print text so it is still readable when it comes to print design? Have you been searching for a reference book that you could use for your own design work?
Today’s your lucky day!
We are excited to collaborate with The Media Collective to giveaway 3 Free copies of "A print handbook for designers". This little handbook is crammed with stuff which we think you'll find very helpful. Especially if you're a designer. The goal is to help you see if your ideas will translate well when printed, as well as show what should be possible from your local press.
Hopefully, it will cut down on the guesswork that happens when your job goes from screen to print.
What is The Print Handbook for Designers?
The handbook is printed with 4 process colours, plus one Pantone spot colour. It includes four different types of paper (uncoated, silk, gloss and the cover) and has a one colour gate folded cover with a foil.
Some of the questions that could be answered by this handbook include:
- What dpi can I get away with?
- Do colours print differently on different papers?
- Is an ellipsis elliptical?
- How faint can I make some text so it’s still readable?
- What's the best file type to use?
- And more…
The Prize
We will be giving away 3 Free copies of The Print Handbook (Shipping included) to our lucky readers worldwide.
How to Win?
It’s very simple. To participate in the contest, you just need to leave a comment below telling us why and how you can make use of this product. You may want to follow @printhandbook & @Onextrapixel on Twitter, The Print Handbook and Onextrapixel on Facebook to better your odds of winning and double your chances by sending a tweet about this contest.
Winners will be selected randomly so everyone has an equal chance of winning. Please enter a valid email address and your real name!
The contest will be open until this Sunday, 10th July 2011. Winners will be announced on this article and will be contacted via email.
Good luck, everyone!
Here Are The 3 Lucky Winners
We are glad to announce the 3 lucky winners for the Print Handbook giveaway. They are:
- Nikki
- Kassandra
- Ester Liquori
Winners will be contacted through email soon. If you are one of them and have not received an email from us or our sponsor by next week, please contact us.
Thank you for all your support. For sure, we will be organising more giveaway contest so everyone will have a chance to win, stay tuned!
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I will use it to prop my table up.
SECOND ! i am a designer, and do a lot of graphic art.. i would love to learn more about it.. the books looks to be an interesting read !
I deal with printing press frequently.
I'm in my second year of visual communication design and this book would sure come in handy!!
i love designs
Let me in.
Hmm.. this Print Handbook maybe inspire me to printing online store catalog on my advertising company.
i love designs and need the handbook urgently for my business
If anyone has had a look at their official website than he has clear in mind that it could be a useful tool for any designer. It could be great to do last check up before go printing or in the creative phase to measure budget and possibilities and avoid expensive mistakes.
I hope to win!
Thank you,
Ester.
This could help me to launch my design business. As I am new the any information for me got a big value.
I'd love to have a book like this! I've been doing more graphic design lately and this book would answer the majority of my print questions.
I love printing! I want that book :)
I can't find my old copy of the print manual I used and have to keep searching the net for the information I need, so this would be great.
I am working on a some pmi print reports. I've never dome print before. This would be ultra-helpful.
Hi~ This handbook seems so much of a super guide through printing process, to make good decisions during the editorial face. I really would love to have this book as reference! What a great gift would it be!
Always looking for good information!
I am making my steps from the screen to print, and this will me the perfect walking companion.
Cheers,
Vincent
I am a designer and often do print work. This book looks like a great guide to have sitting around to help out in my day to day work.
Great work, great readers and great learnings!
Me encantaría tenerlo para pegárselo en la cabeza al prensista.
En realidad trabajo el área editorial hace 6 años y me encantaría
tenerlo para mejorar mis conocimientos.
This would be the perfect book! I'm trying to get into more print work and this book seems like the very best for tips and guidelines. Crossing my fingers here. :) Thanks OXP!
Oh and I also tweeted about it: http://twitter.com/designcoyote/statuses/88244073030365184
Well, I'll use the Print Handbook, to learn more about colors, size of the printing materials, and stuff like that.
Many of the questions in this book are ones I have asked myself many times and it would be a relic to me in my design and creative processes. As a university student it would be beyond awesome and give me an added perception for print!
I love Design and printing and the book may help for my last year of school in multimedia because there we have to print a lot. And maybe I can be the best of my class with this perfect book.
I'm a Design beginner... I love all about it, but really have a lot to learn though... The Print Handbook would be that one kick that would help me improve my work.
can use this book for reference in my designs and the press authorization. greetings
At first I think it will my honor to have a book from Onextrapixel.
Also of course I'll use for my design as a reference :)
Thx
This book sounds awesome! I work in print production and a book like this would help our small graphics department. A great quick reference.
It will become my amulet to ward off bad design for print.
Wow, what an opportunity for me. I could put it to good use. I wish I win this. Thanks for hosting such an excellent giveaway. Thanks again for the opportunity.
Jay
I'd love to win this book! Stumbled across this site and your Twitter feed thanks to Twitter's similar users.
I have learned a lot about graphic design from the internet and still I am in pursuit to learn more, so now I am switching on to Print design but there are no specific modules which i can find uptill now for getting guidance in print design field. I have been designing print media for my college but sometimes i face lot of problems since print is totally different from what we see on our moniters. I hope this book can help me to refine my designs for perfect printing results. And i would like to thank OXP for bringing most relevant feebies for we people.
Look at it!!! Who doesn't want to have it!
I would love to learn more about the print medium
This would be our new print-bible!
As a project manager this little tool would help immensely when trying to communicate a finished project to the client, the designer, and the printer! I knew something like this had to be out there!
I'd like to win one of these cause I'm always forgetting those little details and end up messing up 12 times before getting it right. And I'll probably buy one if I don't win it!
Comes handy and looks great, also.
I'm an amature designer and need all the help I can get. This book seems to be able to give me help with design elements.
I do a lot of charitable design work and wish I could do better, but charity doesn’t pay very well:)
I would use it to learn about printing. Because I usually work for web, but I need this for my illus. Thanks!
I do freelance and often lack knowledge for print and ask a lot of the questions this book answers. I looked at the whole book on the original website and it looks perfect for what I need. I have been looking for a book like this! Awesome!!! Thanks for the contest...hope I win!
Oh! I would love to have one. I'm starting my business so and handbook would be perfect for me!
Because, i am design geek, i need this book for inspiration.
It would be really helpful to have this book when I start graphic design in college this fall!
Traditionally a web designer, but have read a few print books and done a couple of print designs. This handbook looks fantastic and I'd love to win a copy!
As a Design and print educator I'm always on the look out for new techniques and never tire of learning.
I would use this super book to make sure that what i print looks the way i intended. Thanks
It would enable me to increase the quality of my services due to consistency and informed decisions, which this book would allow me to do. I also lack a book for a bookshelf.
I ❤ print.
Anyone worth their weight in graphic design knows that you can spend more time thinking of how to solve problems over simple things. A good reference speeds up your work flow.
Good luck to everyone.
Working at a print shop, this will definitely clear some things up so I don't have to interrupt other creatives' workflows to ask a question at peak hours. Another sweet book to dig into and add to my collection.
hi! this promo item is wonderful, especially for me -- being a freelance book designer, i often ponder on
some problems and questions about print out results of my work. This print handbook would surely help me with my concerns, and would greatly help me hone my skills more and come up with much better output.
This would be a great book to have in the office. A perfect reference tool to be able to used when helping clients with their printing issues & designs.
This would be really useful to me and my co-designers, not being from a print background this would be very helpful indeed.
This will be written roof that print isn't dead!!! What better way then to make sure all things printed looks fantastic!!!
Handbooks will help me to save my time when im doing a design.
I am more on web graphics but do design sometimes for print. I have still many questions and concerns regarding on print design and I am sure this will help me in a handful. The book will surely guide me in better designing for print.
With all the tons of resources available through the internet with just a click of the mouse, this handbook would surely save me some surfing time. Nothing beats information resource of this magnitude when you can own it for yourself, compiled and ready to use. I can make use of this as a visual FAQ where I would just need to turn the pages to any topic under the sun that pertains to print design. And by the way, I can only "make use" of this when I win and get a copy for myself. :-)
The book will be my guide in finishing my jobs at the office! So many troubles with printing stuff lately. (-_-)
It look really cool héhé :)
Hi everyone, thank you for your support. The contest is closed.
The winners are listed at the end of this article. Thank you!
The cover of Print Handbook is splendid, and it's a little pity I see the article until now, I used to be lucky.
Great. Let me in. The handbooks are very beautiful. Thanks.
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Hi all, please send me this booklet, i have just started a printing business and in learning phase now :-)