PRE-PRESS

SJ publishing-printing house uses modern pre-press CTP technology to prepare layouts for printing. We implemented a modern open modular "Heidelberg" PRINECT system to easily control the full printing process. PRINECT integrates the traditionally separate areas of management, prepress, press and post-press, automates the entire printing process. Integration of all these processes leads to more efficient production workflows, offers greater transparency, and accelerates the job flow.

OFFSET PRINTING

We mostly print with "Heidelberg" printing machines "Heidelberg" SM52 - 5+L, „Heidelberg“ SM74 - 5+L that are manufactured in Germany. This equipment is renowned for its quality and is leading the printing industry. The advantage of our equipment is that the machines have an additional varnishing section which shortens the drying time of the dye as well as adds beauty to the finished product. This allows us to do all the post-printing jobs (folding, binding and others) quicker and our customers to receive the products of the highest quality in shorter times.

DIGITAL PRINTING - THE MOST MODERN PRINTING TECHNIQUE

To fully satisfy our clients needs the printing house purchased a digital printing machine XEROX DC 800AP in 2009. Digital printing is the most modern printing technology that allows to print small runs in a very short time. The data is sent directly to the printing machine without additional operations, the view is formed from the digital description. Digital printing saves time and money. This printing technology is more straightforward than offset printing because there is no need to make photo and printing forms or prepare machines. Digital printing is used to print small runs – even from 1 copy. You can print as many as you want and when you want it.

Advantages of digital printing

• SIMPLE PRE-PRESS PREPARATION
• TIMELINESS
• SMALL RUNS (FROM 1 TO 500 COPIES)
• VERY HIGH QUALITY (2400 X 2400 dpi)
• POSSIBILITY TO PERSONALIZE THE PRINTED INFORMATION
• EASY TO CHANGE INFORMATION

SCREEN PRINTING

Screen printing is the oldest printing technique that is still used today. This technique is great for non-standard printing decisions and unique projects. Colour view is formed by printing each colour separately.

THERMOGRAPHY

We constantly strive to improve and satisfy the need of our customers, so we search for novelties and present them to the market. Our printing house was the first one in Lithuania to successfully implement and use one of the most unique printing technologies – thermography. It creates elevated elements similar to Braille writing and your publication becomes unique. This type of publications is classified as VIP.

METALFX

MetalFX – it’s an another dimension

sj publishing-printing house is the only printing house in the Baltic States that has implemented a licensed MetalFX technology and has practice using it in. It doesn’t matter what you need – exceptional catalogues, representation publications or non-standard packaging – Saulius Jokuzys printing house will help you to stand out in the crowd.

A new world of metallic colours

MetalFX is a revolutionaty concept for the printing industry and was born from an idea to create dazzling print effects, while minimizing the cost implications often associated with the printing of metallic colours. Through using MetalFX, you can incorporate 104 million metallic colours and shades into a lifeless piece of artwork, to produce eye-catching results, while only printing a five colour printing press. We use silver and gold dyes in our printing house. Silver produces any shade of cold shimmer and gold creates warm metallic reds, inspiring gold or bronze shades.

How does it work?

Silver or gold MFX colour is printed first on a five colour press. Then over it traditional CMYK colours are printed. Because of the strong shine and transparency of the MFX, the metallic shade shines through creating the whole spectre of metallic colours. The colour matching is checked according to MFX palletes. The discrepancies are kept to minimum and exact colours are obtained.

The colours can be checked using : DuPont Cromalin, Fuji Final Proof GxT, Kodak Approval, Kodak First Check, Latran Predictin ir Machine/Wet proofing programs. Programs used for designing are: QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Artpro, Macromedia Freehand.

Uses:

Designers can create stunning effects with SpecialFX:

• LiteFX is used in elements which, depending on the illumination angle, create an effect of changing colour. This technique is used when you want parts of the publishing to outstand or to create an illusion of movement on the page.
• HoloFX is used for subliminal and hidden metallic elements – when the page is moved, the changing light, makes the element “disappear”. It is recommended to use only silver shades.
• SecurityFX is used for coupons, tickets, security labels, etc. when you wish to avoid counterfeiting. While mixing LiteFX and HoloFX techniques you can create publishings that are impossible to copy or create indentical designs because the shiny MetalFX particles reflect light, so without the original layout, it’s impossible.
• Metallic Tint Panels brighten your CMYK prints.

MFX colours can be chosen form colour palletes and thus create sophisticated designs.

DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT

In 1997 the printing house established a distribution department for wholesale to various shops and bookstores with our standard printed products: calendars, books, various accounting books and forms, etc. It supplies around 60 companies in Lithuania. For retail purposes we have opened a store "Viskas buhalteriams" ("Everything for accountants") in Klaipeda.