Mojoprint — design & data creation tutorials

Heavy Metal

August 31st, 2007

Want to do something a little different for your next flyer? Get creative with silver ink to get some stunning metallic effects. more »

Back in Black

August 16th, 2007

When designing in greyscale mode – ie only using shades of black ink, 100% black will give you the deepest black color possible. But…should you be designing for a full color, CMYK project, then you have the choice to go beyond black and into the realm of rich black. Indeed, you may regret it if you don’t… more »

Mojoprint Flyer Vol 2: Making you bleed

August 3rd, 2007

The latest edition of our webzine is available for your viewing pleasure. View it here. more »

Zip it!

July 27th, 2007

So your design is finished, you’ve been through the checklist Perfect printing — every time and you’re ready to upload your files. more »

Outlining fonts

July 27th, 2007

Fonts are files on your computer that are used to write the text in your design. When you send that design to someone else, unless they have the same font files on their computer too, the design will look very different. So we require that all fonts are outlined in data that you send to us. more »

Making you bleed

July 26th, 2007

At Mojoprint we want to make you bleed. Your designs that is. Any data you submit to us for printing must include bleed – but what is it?  more »

Understanding the guides and marks used in the templates

July 10th, 2007

Crop marks and guide lines in Mojoprint templates

 Our downloadable eps templates come complete with the necessary guides and crop marks required to create print-ready data. Please note: Our Photoshop templates do not have crop marks or a safety zone. They are just set up with one guide indicating the crop/bleed area. more »

About color

July 10th, 2007

At Mojoprint we use a full-color printing technique called offset lithography. The process uses 4 color inks, known as process colors — cyan, magenta, yellow and black to reproduce all the colors in your document. more »

Converting colors

July 10th, 2007

There are certain colors that the RGB model uses that fall outside of the color ‘gamut’ capable with CMYK. more »

Print resolution dpi

July 10th, 2007

Dpi, or dots per inch, refers to the number of dots printed in a linear inch. The pixel dimensions of your digital image and the size it is printed at, will determine its resolution. Pixel dimensions also determine file size. more »