Q: What are the benefits of trapping a job?
A: Trapping a job gives a multi-color job a tighter, cleaner look. If you have multiple colors that are running into each other in your layout, then you want to trap. There are countless things that can be a hair off on press and in the plate making process. When the computer breaks down the image into the appropriate plates it may not always allow enough area of a given object to line up against another. This causes problems for the pressman. Sometimes when a job is not trapped, areas on one part of the page may line up just fine but may cause other areas to be off-this is when leaking occurs. (See below.)
How it looks printed. Note the white area around the "n"
Close up view of the leaking area.
Trapping eliminates the chance of this happening and makes the job go much smoother, which translates into a faster turn-around time for you.
(See: What is trapping?)
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