Boxes, Folders, Press Kits, Retail Items, Promotional Material...you name it. We do lots of disc & usb sets, boxes with video panels built in, special items for museums and art stores, and some funky retro style collections. Special printing effects and dies are our speciality.

Check out our range of special effects! If custom configurations and paper stocks and finishes and booklet options aren't enough, you can also play with various effects.
Art Department: How to Set up Special Printing Effects & Examples
Slideshow of Special Effects Printing - Bling!

Diecuts (knock outs) are available for special shapes or designs. You might want a guitar thumbhole like one of our clients did, or a window or window pane, or perhaps a peek-a-boo hole or lettering cut outs...the possibilities are endless.

Foil stamp is one of this season's hottest trends, available in silver, gold, or any range of colors. Silver on fiberboard is very happening, and red dots are way-chic and eye-popping. Blue foil is very sophisticated and has no limits of impressibility-factor.

If you're not looking for shiny, metallic inks are what you want. These are matte, like Apple's silver / tin, or a flat copper or gold.

Embossing (raised relief) is very popular for the title or artist name. If you need a subtle indentation, we can do debossing. Oh, the textures you can make!

Spot UV Gloss combined with Matte Lamination is a fantastic contrast technique, also textured.


Matte Lamination by itself is a soft, beautiful touch-me look. Or we can make it so shiny with Gloss Lamination you'll never get the fingerprints off. Glass Plus not included :)



Your title can have any finishes we offer. For more detail on matte lamination, embossing, foil stamp and ore, check out disc packaging finishes and special printing effects.

Also check our the paper stocks section (matte uncoated stock, fiberboard stock, etc) , as this will have a big impact on the look.

Don't forget the disc can have fun effects to match! Here is an example of spot gloss on the disc (see disc varnish page) matching the spot gloss/matte lamination done on the packaging: Check out our range of special effects! If custom configurations and paper stocks and finishes and booklet options aren't enough, you can also play with various effects.





See also:
How to's in the Art Department: How to Set up Special Printing Effects & Examples
How to set up embossing or debossing on cd or dvd printed packaging
How to set up spot color printing
How to Set up reverse side printing or PIPS
Slideshow of Special Effects Printing - Bling!
More examples of special printing effects

Pages about special printing effects:
Embossed and Debossed Printing Effects
More examples of Embossing
Hot Foil Stamping
More Examples of Foiling on cd dvd Packaging
Spot UV Gloss / Matte Lamination
Metallic Inks

Pages about special paper stocks
Special Paper Stocks: Fiberboard
Printing Spot white Ink on Fiberboard
Special Paper Stocks: Uncoated Matte

Pages about custom die cuts:
Custom Die Cut Shapes - CD DVD Packaging
Die Cut Packaging Examples
Die Cut Knockout Shapes

Pages about disc printing:
CD DVD Disc Printing- matte, spot, metallic
CD DVD 4C, 5C, 6C and Serialized Discs
Disc Varnishes
Limited Edition / Numbered Discs
Clear Substrate Discs
Vinyl Disc Artwork - Retro & Vintage

USBs can also have fun and creative molds. Here are a few we carry:

We can do your CD or DVD chipboard based title with a special material and make you a stellar "Limited Edition" release. Options include Linen, Hemp , Cloth fabrics, and a vinyl Leather. One difficulty though - these special materials do not do well with full color printing, so you may need to think about 1C silkscreening or foil or the artwork.

 

Check out our Fabric Wrapped CD / DVD Book Page
Fabric Wrapped Box Sets & Multidisc Printed Box Sets

Although we do not manufacture vinyl, we can make the packaging for vinyl releases. Vinyl books, albums, and box sets are all options.

Creating a custom shape requires a new die. Dies are used to cut the packaging in a pattern that can be repeated. The blades are referred to as knives.
Here are a few examples of what a die looks like:

These are examples of die cut packaging:

Creative is a super subjective term of course, but we think these releases fall into the creative category. See what you think!

We also do some super fun designs for our usb clients:

 

Video panels can be built into any type of packaging - brochure, mailers, kiosk stand, or a box. Clients seems to like presenting expensive items with a video. Other applications include real estate or education. Video is customizable with a usb upload.

Digipaks have trays - either clear plastic or paper recycled trays. Does that sound boring? Oh no....look at the things we do. Very custom, and very far from boring.




See Also:
Cross Shaped Digipaks
Custom Digipaks 5 Inch Height
Custom Digipaks 7 Inch Height
Double Disc Digipaks
Fiberboard Digipaks
Limited Edition Digipaks
Matte Digipaks
Multidisc Digipaks
Paper Tray Digipaks
Recycled Digipaks
Recycled Paper Tray Digipaks
Unprinted Digipaks
Wide Digipaks

Jackets, Sleeves, and Wallets...we're not quite sure we know the difference ourselves.
Jackets & wallets generally are bifold, trifold, or more panels.
Sleeves are generally 2pp?
You are welcome to call them anything you'd like.
The one criteria we can apply is that they hold the disc without a tray and use some kind of pocket, sleeve, or hub. That's really the defining element and what makes a jacket different from a digipak. Because these do no have pre-fabricated trays, they are very easy for us to create custom dimensions.

See Also:
CD LP Albums
Pop up Pak Jackets
2pp Sleeves
Greeting Cards
CD Photo Jackets
4pp CD jackets, 6pp, and 8pp
CD Mailers
Cross Shape Jackets
Die Cut Jackets
Eco Friendly Jackets
Fiberboard Jackets
Jackets with Hubs
Japanese LPs
Magnetic Jackets (Jackets with Magnets)
Mini Size Jackets
Portfolios
Tall Jackets, 9 Inch
Tall Jackets 6pp
Tall Jackets - All Kinds
Unique Jackets
Vintage Jackets
Vinyl CD Jackets
Wide Spine Jackets

There are some really fun add ons that you may not have thought of:
-- Magnets - these are built into a panel for a snap-to effect
-- Velcro Tabs - We can add a velcro tab so products are resalable
-- Stickers - an alternative to shrinkwrap
-- String Ties - for that special closure

Magnets (you can't see them actually, but these tiles have them. If you listen really hard, you can hear them snap to):


A beautiful example of a string tie enclosure:


Velcro Tabs:



Cellophane Window: