Design

Manual Contents Introduction

Package Types This design manual will provide you with valuable information to

Tetra Recart ®
1 assist you in producing predictable print results for the package
Tetra Fino® 1 you are designing. The Tetra Pak group wants to help you get the
Tetra Rex® 1
most out of your design work. We aim to do this by providing you
Tetra Gemina® 2
Tetra Wedge ®
2 with the recommendations and specifications in this guide.
Tetra Prisma® 2 This guide will also help you understand the important
Tetra Brik® 3 differences between common commercial printing and the
Tetra Top® 3
Tetra Classic® specialist printing of the packaging industry.
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Tetra Evero® 4
Your required specification is just three steps away.
Print Process 1. pack type
Tetra Pak ® Sharp and Flexo Line 5
2. printing process
Tetra Pak ® Select 6
3. board type = specification
Material
Uncoated Paperboard
Coated Paperboard
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“Why are these guidelines
Metallised Paperboard
Inks
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important?”
Selection These guidelines provide you with vital information that may

Package Type 9 impact your design work. The manual describes consequences
Print Process a that you would like to avoid or at least be made aware of. In the
Paperboard b
Confirmation following pages, you will find information and recommendations
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customized for the type of Tetra Pak package you are intending
Information & Specification to design. This guide provides you with technical information and
Technical Drawing & Specification d
Inks Colours i specifications needed to create a Tetra Pak package design.
Line Thickness i If you want information about package design from a creative
Text Size ii
and promotional point of view please contact your local Tetra Pak
Contour Lines iii
Barcode Market Company for further assistance.
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Minimum Dot iv

Keylines 10

Design Submission 11

Information &
Glossary 12-13

Specification
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Tetra Recart®
The 21st century alternative for canned food
The Tetra Recart® package is specially designed for products you would
traditionally pack in cans, glass jars and pouches. It's the world’s first retortable
carton-based processing and packaging system designed for shelf-stable food
products with particles of almost any size. With Tetra Recart® package,
food products, such as beans, vegetables, tomatoes, soups and sauces, can
be sterilised inside the carton package, which makes them shelf stable up to
24 months.
Advantages
• Eye catching package with excellent brand building opportunities by
printing on the whole package.
• The compact shape ensures outstanding logistical performance from
production to consumption.
• Makes distribution and shelf space efficient. Square packages are
easily aligned on the shelf for a greater brand impact.
Their lower weight makes daily handling easier.
• A light weight, easy to store, safe to open (no tools required), and easy
to dispose of carton that consumers love.
• Based on renewable resources for recycling and minimal
environmental impact.
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Tetra Fino®
Pure simplicity
The Tetra Fino® Aseptic package attracts families that are looking for a low-cost
package that guarantees them product safety. The package is specially designed
to pack all kinds of milk (including soy, buffalo, recombined and chocolate milk),
juices and teas. The Tetra Fino® Aseptic package is a combination of multi-layered
packaging material and a sealing system based on hot air induction. The package
can withstand tough conditions for a long time while it is being handled
and stored. The smaller portion packages are also available with a straw opening,
so consumers can choose to drink directly from them. This makes it easy for you to
introduce on-the-go consumption to new markets, increasing your brand visibility.
Advantages
• Aseptic carton package guarantees product safety and hygiene.
• Proven protection at its simplest delivering product quality everywhere.
• Ambient distribution extends geographic reach.
• Long shelf life eliminates stock shortages.
• Reduced waste.
Package Types
Tetra Rex®
Peak freshness
The Tetra Rex® package is renowned for its consumer appeal, ease of distribution,
practicality and versatility. It's been around since the sixties, and some
200,000,000,000 packages later, we've gained extensive experience and
knowledge in fine-tuning the world’s most popular and widespread carton
package, so you can. The Tetra Rex® package is the perfect choice for packing
pasteurised milk and juice products for chilled distribution. It offers you flexibility,
economy, efficiency and reliability in a blank-fed solution that lets you shift
volumes in seconds. Avalible in a rage of different bottom configurations and
shapes. Add a custom coloured cap, print in one of three different methods and
let the package shine on the shelf.
Advantages
• Consumer-convenient.
• Flexible.
• Easy to operate.
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Tetra Gemina® Tetra Wedge® Tetra Prisma®

The new cool performer In Shape for More Activate your senses 360°

The Tetra Gemina® Aseptic package is the world’s first roll-fed gable top Tetra Wedge® Aseptic is a trendy, cheeky package that sells. Kids of all ages The Tetra Prisma® Aseptic package combines attractive looks with great versatility,

package for full aseptic performance for juice and milk. It was, and still is, are drawn to its individual character. Distinctive and highly visible on the shelves, making it ideal for all sorts of consumer situations. It has a rich, original image that

simply evolutionary. Consumers like the Tetra Gemina® Aseptic package for it attracts attention and provides you with a great billboard for promoting modern consumers find appealing. The package is ideal for high quality fruit

its modern and eye-catching looks. It combines the convenience, safety your brand. It is durable, lightweight and cost-effective to produce. And, being an juices, tasty flavoured milks, enriched and cultured milks, iced teas, organic

and nutritional benefits of aseptic packaging with great functionality and a aseptic package, the Tetra Wedge® Aseptic enjoys a long shelf life without products or lactose reduced milks. The Tetra Prisma® Aseptic package is your way

fresh image. preservatives or refrigeration, leading to broad distribution range. Choose Tetra of offering a premium carton package with a unique, eye catching shape and

Wedge® Aseptic for packaging nutritious, wholesome liquid foods like flavoured excellent pouring and gripping features. The Tetra Prisma® Aseptic package can
Advantages
and cultured milk, drinkable yoghurts, juices and nectars or soy-based drinks. be printed with a metallised effect to give it even more shelf appeal.
• Consumer-convenient.
Advantages Advantages
• Exceptional functionality.

• No refrigerated distribution. • Appealing shape that conveys a fun attitude. • Easy to pour, easy to drink from.

• Convenient for children to hold and drink from. • New design possibilities.

• Aseptic carton package guarantees product quality, long shelf life • Packaging material with metallised effect.

and reduces waste. • Brings out the best in its contents.

• Unique package shape aids product differentiation, attracting • New printing options.

attention on the shelf.

• Durable package that keeps the product safe and looking good.

• Large front panel for better branding.

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Tetra Brik® Tetra Top® Tetra Classic®

Simply smart
Tetra Brik® Aseptic is the best selling range of carton packages for liquid
foods ever. When introduced, it revolutionized the liquid food industry forever not
only due to its shape, the most efficient to stack and store, but also because it was
the first package to allow milk and juice to be distributed without the need of
refrigeration, additives or preservatives, whilst protecting the packed products'
nutritional value. Today, it continues to thrive on offering producers and
manufacturers this extremely simple and cost-efficient way of reaching consumers,
no matter the distance. Tetra Brik® Aseptic and for chilled products Tetra
Brik® packages provide five flat visible panels that can all include messaging, a
variety of printing options, an extremely wide variety of sizes and closures are
available making it suitable for a very wide range of milk and juice-based products as
well as other types of beverages.
Beyond the ordinary
The Tetra Top® family of packages adds the perfect blend of carton sleeve to a
plastic lid to bring the best of both worlds. Available in a range of shapes and
sizes, it provides high shelf impact, space efficiency and consumer convenience.
The packages are easy to stack and easy to dispose of – just fold them flat and
recycle them. The carton sleeve is 100% printable, carrying your message right to
the consumer. You can easily produce lids in a wide range of styles, colours, sizes
and functions for any type of consumption. The Tetra Top® family has become the
natural choice for consumers in around 50 countries worldwide. This flexible
system is compatible with high acid ambient still drinks, it is also the perfect for
chilled products offering a shelf-life up to 6 months. The Tetra Top® family range is
also available with a one-step-opening for extra convenience.
Affordable fun
The unique shape of Tetra Classic® Aseptic packages delights young consumers.
It has a distinctive personality that stands out from the packaging crowd.
Contents need no preservatives, yet stay fresh and tasty up to twelve months
without refrigeration. It has a familiar, characteristic shape, and a surface that lends
itself to colourful, eye-catching designs. The Tetra Classic® package is suitable for
juice drinks, milk, ice-lollies, ice-teas and viscose products. Thanks to its
tetrahedron shape, the package uses a minimum of material that brings you both
economic and environmental advantages. It gives you 100% printing possibilities
and has an appealing, photographic, quality design. You can also include a straw
hole opening and one of many different straw types.
Advantages

We say that the Tetra Brik® brand is smart for the planet, has a smart shape, is Advantages
• Fun and unique shape that appeals to choosy consumers.
smart for people, smart to configure, smart to produce and last but certainly not
• Value-adding. • Convenient, easy to-drink-from package that keeps its nutritional value.
least, is smart to promote.
• Consumer-convenient. • Unique package shape that attracts consumers.

• Powerful product image.. • Aseptic packaging reduces storage and distribution costs.

• High shelf appeal. • Single serve package promoting impulse purchase.

• Recloseable. • Low investment cost, high quality packaging solution.

• Enhanced design possibilities. • High speed filling machine for efficient production.
• Ambient distribution for expanded market coverage.

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Tetra Evero® Volumes & Openings

Designed for life Configurations

Tetra Evero® Aseptic is the first ever aseptic carton bottle for white milk to hit Many package types are available in different volumes and opening configurations.

the shelves — standing out with exceptional consumer handling and appeal. For further information please contact your local Tetra Pak Market company.

It combines the easy handling and pouring of a bottle with the environmental

advantages of a carton. And the smart, safe one-step opening with two-step safety
keeps what’s inside fresh and safe. Consumers find it easier to open, hold and

pour from than other bottles, according to independent research.

Designed for milk

The Tetra Evero® Aseptic is aimed at the ambient white milk market, including milk

enriched with calcium, proteins, fibres (inulin), vitamins A and D and minerals.

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 Design Parameters by Process

Flexography Tetra Pak ® Sharp Print unit and inking system

Flexo printing was developed in the 20th century. The image area is raised from • Spot colors can be used as single color (screened or solid) The heart of the flexographic printing process is the inking system.

the printing plate, making flexo a relief printing process. • Spot colors may not be mixed with any other spot color or process colors. The most commonly used is the chambered doctor blade ink metering system.

From front to back, the system consists of an enclosed doctor blade chamber,
The printing press setup is configured to support process color
anilox roll, plate cylinder and impression cylinder. The most important part of
printing:"Four print units are prepared for process color printing
(CMYK). The anilox screen ruling combined with the CLC substrate allows the inking system is the anilox roll. The surface of every anilox roll is laser

high quality printing (according to specification). In addition to the four engraved with a pattern of tiny cells, so small that they can only be seen under

process colors (CMYK) spot colors can be used to reproduce colors magnification. The size and number of these cells determine how much ink will
outside of the CMYK gamut. be delivered to the image areas of the plate, and ultimately to the substrate.

Flexo printing plates

The key component of the plate is the raised image area carrying the image to
be printed. Unlike printing plates used in other printing methods,
substrate
flexo plates are resilient and displaceable.

impression cylinder
Print Quality
Tetra Pak ® Sharp and Flexo line is using the same printing
method, flexography. These are simply 2 different quality levels of printing.
Tetra Pak ® Select is the edge of Flexography technology offering plate cylinder

another level of design freedom.

Flexo Line
• All colors used are considered Spot Colors. anilox roll
If CMYK are used they are treated as spot colors and NOT as process colors.
doctor blade
• Maximum 2 colors can be overprinted (only one of them may be screened).
ink tray
Flexo line printing demands high ink coverage, therefore requiring anilox

rolls with high ink volume and low screen ruling. This combination gives The plates are in most cases attached

high dot gain and limits the screen ruling, impacting the printing result. to the plate cylinder with double-sided

Using process colors to create photographic images is not possible in adhesive tape called “sticky back” which

Flexo line. may be of a solid vinyl or cushion type.

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Tetra Pak ® Select Tetra Pak ® Select Process Print unit and inking system
Tetra Pak ® Select utilises Hybrid screening, the benefits of this include the The heart of the flexographic printing process is the inking system.
Tetra Pak ® Select is the edge of Flexography technology offering another
level of design freedom. Ability to mix special and process colours support of dots that can fade from 4.3% down to 0.4%, the Hybrid screening The most commonly used is the chambered doctor blade ink metering system.

combined together with smooth fading possibilities, takes Tetra Pak Select
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uses a circular dot structure which randomly removes dots from the gradation From front to back, the system consists of an enclosed doctor blade chamber,

to the premium level of printing among the Tetra Pak portfolio.
This product offers satisfactory appeal comparing to other technologies such
as Offset & Roto. Its capabilities enhance customer branding and
strengthen communication to consumers.
in a uniformed manner.This allows for greater stability when printing and anilox roll, plate cylinder and impression cylinder. The most important part of
clean highlights with edges that simply out perform Standard Flexographic the inking system is the anilox roll. The surface of every anilox roll is laser
engraved with a pattern of tiny cells, so small that they can only be seen under
results.
Standard Flexo Tetra Pak ® Select magnification. The size and number of these cells determine how much ink will

be delivered to the image areas of the plate, and ultimately to the substrate.
Key Benefits of Tetra Pak ® Select
• Ability to mix process and spot colours
• Advantage of a larger colour Gamut compared to standard flexography
• Excellent Quality of Select technology enables more freedom with designs
• Greater Density enabling more bold and vibrant premium designs substrate
• Photo realism within images
• Improved minimum tolerances of first printed dot, font size and line width
Here we can see an example of Standard Flexo in comparison to a Tetra Pak ® impression cylinder
Select result. We can see that the highlights are much cleaner and brighter,
Process Colours Only also the shadow fades smoothly away by utilising the Tetra Pak ® Select hybrid
screen.

Standard Flexo Tetra Pak ® Select

plate cylinder

Mix of process and spot colour

anilox roll

doctor blade

ink tray

The example shows Standard Flexo were the dot size of light tones needs to
be stopped due to technically constraints, limiting the reproduction
of highlights and fadings. In Tetra Pak ® Select, hybrid screening
technology is used to create a smoother transition with a result comparable to
photographic image.

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 Design Parameters by Paperboard

Uncoated Coated Metallised

Paperboard Paperboard Paperboard
The rather coarse surface of the uncoated paperboard gives a high level Papers are coated by special machines in the paper mill to improve Metallised board is a laminate of paperboard and a metallic film, the film is

of ink absorption and does not allow for high print resolution (screen the surface gloss, lustre, whiteness and printability. The ink absorbtion is applied in Tetra Pak production before printing, it can be used to give the

ruling lines per inch, lpi). The minimum printed dot will be rather reduced compaired with uncoated paper hence the dot gain is less, this product a metallic appearance. The colour of ink printed on board will look

large, and clearly visible to the naked eye. This makes uncoated will allow photographic printing. quite different when printed on metallic film., therefore a white ink is required.

paperboard unsuitable for photographic printing.
Uncoated paperboard is used with Flexo line.
White is printed first and other inks on top of it. Areas of the design where the
Coated paperboard is used when printed with Tetra Pak® Sharp, Flexo line
metallic effect is meant to shine through the ink should be clearly marked.
and Tetra Pak® Select.
Normally chosen for premium products.

Metallised paperboard is used with Tetra Pak® Sharp.

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Tetra Pak Inks

Components Legal and Health Pantone colours
Important components of ink are the binder and the pigment. The binder The food industry and its suppliers (e.g. Tetra Pak) are subject to legal The Pantone guide is created using a different kind of inks and a different kind

acts as the carrier of the pigment and the pigment acts as the colorant. restrictions regarding hygiene and health. Before Tetra Pak can use any ink, the of paper then what can be used by Tetra Pak. Hence there are some colours in

Direct sunlight and high humidity can have an erosive effect on pigments, complete ink recipe has to be approved in accordance with national and the Pantone book that not can be perfectly matched. Tetra Pak have in

causing the colour to become pale. Fluorescence inks are particularly sensitive international statutory specifications. partnership with Pantone created ColourSafe which is certified by Pantone to

to this, which is one of the reasons why Fluorescence ink is not used in the Pigments containing heavy metals or pigments based on fanal chemistry give the best possible match to the Pantone book using pigments suitable for

packaging industry. (e.g. Pantone Reflex Blue) are examples of pigments that cannot be used within liquid food packaging.

Tetra Pak production.

Different Pantone colours will have different resistance to Sunlight. To assist
customers in avoiding colours being at high risk for fading in case of direct

sunlight exposure, Tetra Pak have created a indicative list where all colours in

the Pantone coated guide are rated for its resistance to light.

Environmental sound
The absolute majority of the inks used by Tetra Pak are water based. Water

based inks are considered to have less environmental impact than solvent

based inks due to lower emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC).

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Keylines Backmatching Continuous Design

Keylines (die cuts) for all Tetra Pak package types and volumes are available Tetra Pak packages are divided by a longitudinal seal, most commonly placed Tetra Fino® and Tetra Classic® continuous design require specific attention.

in digital form. Keylines are not dependent on paperboard or print method. on the rear of the package. The match between the left and right part where When you design for these packages you will need to repeat the design

They are best used in Adobe Illustrator where the keyline presentation benefits they are joined together needs your attention. elements more than once on your delivered AW keyline. This is necessary in

from the Adobe Illustrator layer function. order to always ensure a full design element on each individual package
Backmatching principle:
after filling. For more information please contact your Tetra Pak Market Company.
A keyline is a drawing showing:

• Package dimensions • Keyline

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• Design area
• Keyline notes
1 Sealing zone
• Area free from design
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• Opening areas
3 2 Left panel overlap
• Mask
into sealing zone

• Background
3 Left panel package limit
(slitting line)

4 Right panel package limit

(slittingline)
Main users of keylines are:

• Tetra Pak Customer advertising agencies 5 Right panel overlap into sealing
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zone of adjacent package
• Tetra Pak Design and Prepress Department 5

• Repro and plate suppliers 6 Right panel matching line

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Note! The keyline must not be edited. On opening the digital keyline in Adobe 7 Left panel matching line
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Illustrator you will notice that it’s built up in four layers; 1. Keyline, 2. Keyline notes,

3. Mask and 4. Background (you simply drag them into place if they are not in that

order). We recommend that you build up your design, starting with the Background

layer and that you keep Background and your additional layers located below the
Avoid putting small text in the overlap area due to mismatch possibilities.
Mask and Keyline layers. Most of the package area on a Tetra Pak package is available

for designing purpose. Only some areas where the package is folded and sealed are

not available. The Mask layer already masks off areas that are not available for design,

text and symbols. We suggest that you delete the Keyline notes layer prior to final

saving of the file. In the base of the Keyline, print marks, register marks etc. and also the

Tetra Pak logotype will be added in the prepress operation.

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Preflight
Preflighting, a term borrowed from the checklist procedures used by pilots
before take off, is a way of ensuring that your digital files will output correctly.
Preflightling is away to discover problems before they occur so working hours,
equipment and materials are not wasted. The process discovers incomplete or
missing digital files, improper image resolution and fonts before sending it
further in the design production chain.
Preflighting Tetra Pak designs
Preflighting the design and its elements is in your own interest. If you follow our
instructions the design process will run smoothly and the number of
unexpected problems will be minimised.
There are a few main Preflighting issues that we wish to draw your attention to:
• The correct keyline must be applied to the artwork, if the keyline is wrong
then potentially the whole job could be wrong.
• You should always use an object-oriented software such as Adobe Illustrator
to produce the main design document. Never produce the entire design in
a pixel based software such as Adobe Photoshop.
• Photographic images should be layered (PSD format) and always be linked to
the main document (e.g. Illustrator) and never embedded.
• If your design contains photographic images, the required resolution is
300ppi to ensure the optimum quality in print. Please note if you scale
images inside Illustrator it will effect the resolution.
300ppi placed at 200% will result in a 150ppi image.
• You should always supply all the fonts used in the design. If you are using
Post-Script type one fonts, make sure that you send both the printer font and screen
fonts for each typeface used. Remember to also supply fonts used in EPS files.
• Please include a PDF of the design and a document with instructions regarding
typefaces used, objects and colours (in accordance with the PMS guide).
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Preflighting tools Software Applications
You can preflight manually checking all the parameters listed or you can use
The preffered software applications are Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
preflighting software that will check the document and collect the required files
for you. Tetra Pak is developing tools and recommendations for preflighting.
Please contact your Market Company for the latest information. Adobe Illustrator (to produce the main design document).
Design submission
Adobe Photoshop (images should be layered PSD format).
Supply the assignment in a neat logical order, with all relevant elements in their respective
folders. The main document, together with linked images, should be put in one folder. We also accept Freehand and Corel Draw files but please be aware that there
Fonts used for the design are to be put in another folder. Please contact your market may be issues and delays in the process.
company for information on the type of media on which they would like to receive your
design (most common is DVD), many also offer the possibility to submit them design files
Freehand (to produce the main design document).
through FTP or other means of digital transfer. If you use FTP please compress the files into
one archive (.zip and .sit) before sending it as this is more secure and will take less time.
Corel Draw (to produce the main design document).
PDF files
In the last decades, the world of design creation have changed dramatically.
Speed to market is more crucial than ever before. To support you we bring you For reprographic quality control we request an approved artwork PDF
e-asyDesign! Our aim is to enable you, as our customer, to be even more used for content and positional comparison of the final repro file. We also
competitive in an ever increasing market place. e-asyDesign functionality includes: request a PDF created to the Tetra Pak specifications, this will be used
within our automated Preflight system.
• Designs available on-line, 24 / 7 / 365
Please click here for the Tetra Pak PDF specification.
• Search and preview designs.
Colour Target
• Track and trace the progress, anytime, anywhere
• Order new designs and modifications, in real-time
• Upload and download files A colour target will also be required, at the reprographic stage images are
• Communication tools involving all stakeholders retouched and tailored for the print process. A customer signed colour
• Compare design versions and verify changes target is vital at this stage.
• Online approval
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To create an e-asyDesign portal please contact your Tetra Pak representative.
Checklist
Keylines Glossary
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Anilox roll
An engraved ink-metering roll used in flexo presses to provide a controlled film of
ink to the printing plates that print the substrate. The ink film is affected by the
number of cells per linear inch and volume of the individual cells in the engraving.
Aseptic packaging
Aseptic packaging means that the product is rapidly heated and chilled by ultra
high temperature treatment, after which it is packaged under sterile conditions
in sterilised packages.The heat treatment is performed in a couple of seconds
to ensure that the product retains its quality. Aseptic packaging keeps the
product fresh for a long time without refrigeration.
Bit
A binary digit, the smallest information entity. It is expressed as1or 0, meaning
on or off, yes or no, positive or negative, something or nothing.
Bitmap
A computerized image consisting of dots. Images are ‘‘mapped’’ directly from
corresponding bits in memory, whereby each dot is represented by a binary
digit (bit) that is ‘‘on’’ (1) or ‘‘off’’ (0).
Chambered doctor blade
On a flexographic press, a cartridge designed to supply ink to the anilox roll in
an enclosed area. Ink is pumped into and circulated through the cartridge that
is positioned on the anilox roll. Two thin strips of metal or polyethylene (doctor
blades) are in direct contact with the anilox roll. One of the blades contains the
ink within the cartridge; the other blade contains and meters the ink from the
non-cell areas of the anilox. When using a dual doctor ink chamber, the fountain
roll can be eliminated.
Coated paperboard
Papers are coated to improve surface gloss, lustre, whiteness and printability.
The coatings consist of natural pigments, a binder, and various process materials.
The procedure is carried out on special coating machines in the paper mill.
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Colour gamut
The range of colours that can be reproduced using a certain process. For
example, the colour gamut of an RGB monitor is much broader than that of
CMYK inks on paper.
Contour line
A line around design elements can appear as an effect of necessary trapping
(spread and choke). In such cases this has a secondary colour effect. As an
alternative, a line in a single colour can be applied around the design
element.The thickness of this contour line should be at least twice the trap width.
Dotgain
An unavoidable increase in the size of halftone dots as they pass through the
stages of platemaking and printing. Dotgain varies according to the
characteristics of the press, ink, and substrate used. If dotgain is not accounted
for during the creating of colour separations and proofs, unexpected colour
shifts or loss of detail will occur on the press.
EPS
Encapsulated PostScript. A standard file format for a drawing, image or
complete page layout, allowing it to be placed into other documents. It is used
to transfer PostScript image information from one program to another. EPS files
normally include a low resolution screen preview.
Flexo Line
Flexo line, as the name indicates, is used for line printing
(i.e. solid areas of colour or gradients of individual colours).
Flexography
A printing process that uses rubber or photopolymer plates and fast-drying inks
to print on paper or other substrates.
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Font
In electronic publishing, the data files that supply the graphic information used
to create certain type style on the screen and for output.
Grey levels
Discrete tonal steps in a continuous tone image, inherent to digital data.
Most continuous tone images contain 256 grey levels for each colour (8 bits).
Halftone screening
The process of creating the halftone representation of continuous tone information.
This process breaks up the image into dots of different sizes. Electronic imaging
devices render each halftone dot as a cell containing a number of pixels,
forming a specific dot shape. The more pixels are turned on, the darker the dot
cell appears.
Hybrid Screening
Select uses hybrid screening technology combining AM screening in the
mid-tones and FM screening in the highlights (and optionally, in the shadows).
These screens can simply be applied to improve the smoothness of your
flexo highlights
LPI
Lines Per Inch. The number of dots per linear inch in a halftone screen. Dot size
varies from very small highlight dots to large shadow dots. More lines per inch
increase resolution details and dotgain. Could also be specified as
Lines Per Centimetre.
Minimum printed dot
The smallest dot size a press is capable of reproducing, usually determined by
press characterization data.
Misregister
A condition where printing is out of or not in register.
Pigments
Particles that absorb and reflect light and appear coloured to our eyes.
The substance that gives ink its colour.
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Pixel Tetra Pak ® Sharp

An abbreviation for picture element. It is the smallest unit (cell, dot, square)
on a colour monitor display screen grid that can be displayed, stored or
addressed. An image is typically composed of a rectangular array of pixels.
PMS
Pantone Matching System. The brand name of a system for specifying colours.
Also referred to as special colours or spot colours.
PPI
Pixels Per Inch. A measure of the amount of scanned information to determine
how much image detail has been obtained. The finer the optics of the scanner,
In Tetra Pak ® Sharp the use of process inks (Cyan,Magenta,Yellow and Black)
give the possibility to print photographic images.
Tetra Pak ® Select
Tetra Pak ® Select use Hybrid screening, the benefits of this include the
support of dots that can fade from 4.3% down to 0.4%, This allows for greater
stability when printing and clean highlights with edges.
Screen ruling
The number of rows or lines of dots in a halftone image within a given

the higher the scan resolution. distance, normally stated in lines per inch (lpi) or lines per centimetre (lpc).

Preflighting Serif
The process of checking electronic files to ensure that all elements are present The short cross line or spiral like terminals at the end of the stroke of a Roman
and have been properly constructed for optimal output. style type face (e.g.Times).

Process colours Please do not forget to follow the

The four colours (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) that are combined to print a
wide range of colours. When blended these reproduce only a small portion of
all colours found in nature, but they can reproduce the widest range with the
fewest inks when printing.
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format. A file format for exchanging bitmapped images
print specification!
(usually scans) between applications. It is supported by the majority of image
editing programs running on a variety of computer platforms.

Proofing
The process of checking electronic files to ensure that all elements are present
and have been properly constructed for optimal output.
Resolution
The measurement of fineness and detail in an image. The scale of resolution
depends on the device being measured. Scans are measured in pixels per inch
Trapping
The process of creating overlaps between adjacent colours to account for
press misregistration, paper stretch and other variables.
There are two types of complementary traps (chokes and spreads).
Uncoated paperboard
Paper without an additional protective coating; ‘‘untreated’’ paper.

Vignettes
(ppi). Halftone screens in print are measured in lines per inch (lpi).

Sans serif An image in which the background fades gradually away until it blends into the
Letter forms or type that does not contain the short cross line or spiral like unprinted substrate.
terminals at the ends of the stroke (e.g. Helvetica).

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