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Matte laminate vs gloss on a 400-page art book in Boston, I chose wrong
Went with matte for the interior pages thinking it would feel premium, but the ink smudged on 12 spreads and now I'm redoing the whole print run, anyone else had this backfire or did I just get a bad batch?
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amy_reed791mo ago
Matte on art books is a gamble, plain and simple. The smudge thing happens way more than people admit, especially with heavier inks on textured stock. I've seen it wreck a whole comic anthology, not just 12 spreads. Bad batch is possible, but honestly the coating matters just as much as the paper. Gloss might look cheap on the shelf, but it saves your sanity when the ink decides to party.
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