Good coffee is often regarded as a sign of a good hotel. At Douwe Egberts, we want to satisfy even the customers with the highest standards in coffee quality, while though we care about the presentation of our products. We at LYHNIA S.A., created and produced wooden boxes, combining the extraordinary aromas emerging from the coffee […]
Play=Explore=Treats! No cat can resist to these three words! We, at Lyhnia S.A., kept our promise to MARS HELLAS S.A. and created boxes, close to the natural size of our little friends, who love exploring and discovering! The unique packaging “Catisfactions”, can be opened underneath, revealing the cat treats found inside the cat-look-a-like packaging! Available right […]
There are some projects, which rather than experience, also need much of technical expertise. Just like Unilever’s “Beauty Book 2016”, which demanded the boundless contribution of both. The detailed cut on the cover, is making Unilever’s logo to project, through the first page, creating a precise presentation, as was demanded by the client. The result is unique! Check out […]
There is nothing more pleasing for a company, than being congratulated by their customers! TSAKIRIS S.A. was in search of a stand, that would stand out of the rest, by reinforcing their identity as a company and their mentality of natural, selected, Greek originated products. We were chosen to design, build, construct and print, wooden stands, capable of supporting […]
We are proud, for such excellent mushroom based products, were displayed at the Food Expo Greece 2016, in our packaging creations and stands! We wish the very best to the Natural History Museum of Meteora & Mushroom Museum for the projects to come! Find more information about the Museum’s products, events and projects: http://meteoramuseum.gr/ More photos from […]
Happy Easter from Lyhnia S.A.
We visited Amsterdam last month, to attend the biggest Digital Print Expo, which was made possible for the 10th time, from FESPA Digital. We there, had the opportunity to check out, all the new trends in Digital Printing and Pre-Press. Printing on clothing and also the special effects printing seemed to be dominant in the […]
For another year at 15,16 and 17 of April, the meeting point for comics enthusiasts, was the offices of Greek-american Association, but also for this year the spaces of French Institute in Athens for the Comicdom Con Athens! Workshops, Events, Exhibitions, new presentations but also questions in the public through out the whole three days, […]
No modifications or cancelations on behalf of the client can be accepted as soon as the printing process has begun. In case modifications or cancelations are requested in time, they can be accepted with an additional cost of the work made so far. DELIVERY Materials are to be shipped to the selling company’s headquarters. In […]
CONTRACT OF SALE CONDITIONS ORIGINAL MATERIAL DELIVERY – CORRECTIONS The clients have to hand the original material (material for mock-ups or closed PDF project) over to the company and distinctly explain what exactly they wish to receive by filling out the project form. In case the clients hand over material that requires graphic design: The […]
The company believes that the achievement of set calculable goals strongly depends on client satisfaction, constant improvement of processes as well as training and evolution of workforce: The company produces and sells products living up to the clients’ requirements and expectations. Concerning the quality of products and services, each department is accountable to the extent […]
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Exporting PDF files through Corel Draw Before we try exporting a file we should check the following: The file dimensions should be the ones we want our final printout to be cut into. There should be bleed edges at least 0.3cm wide. All photographs used should be CMYK and 300dpi. All colors used in the […]
Today I’ll post another tutorial video by Jeff Witchel. I like his videos because he’s very thorough and he explains everything in a simple way. On this video you’ll see how to use gradient on letters on Illustrator without having to convert it into outline. That can be very helpful, since it is common that […]
Today I’m opening a new tab on the blog. I’ll use it to post various tutorials I find interesting. The first post will be a tutorial about using broken lines on Illustrator. Dashes of Stroke Secrets. from Jeff Witchel on Vimeo. I think it’s very interesting, not because I didn’t know about it, but because it gave me many […]
Clothbound is a cover dressed with cloth Clothbound book with 2-colour hot-foil stamping Notice the details on the cloth Leather-bound is a cover dressed with leather (original or imitation). Leather-bound cover with gold hot-foil stamping In both cases, the beauty’s in the material. When using these materials for book covers we mainly want […]
It’s the method through which gold, silver or coloured metallic hot-foils are stamped on various surfaces, like paper, leather, plastic etc. What we should keep in mind when we want to use the hot-foil stamping method on our printouts: The hot-foil stamping is achieved with stamping dies (metallic tint plates on which the design to […]
Hello again! During the summer, the Greek sea and sun kept us apart for a while… along with the work we had after the vacations. But I’m back now, so let’s go on… Today we’ll talk about many-fold printouts. The main difficulty in this type of printed media is – what else? – folding. And […]
Simple cover The simple cover is produced as mentioned on the previous post (see pictures of the previous post – cover, inside cover). Cover with jacket flap The cover with jacket flaps is produced like the simple one, by adding flaps on its right and left sides. Flaps are useful for adding information we want […]
Adhesive is the binding of a leaflet or book by gluing 16 or 8-page signatures on the back of the book (e.g. school books are bound this way). However, this type of binding is not very solid. There is a quite powerful glue that can make them better (PUR) but it’s not widely used in […]
Each book, magazine or leaflet with over six pages is sent out to be bound after it’s printed. There are four types of binding: Saddle Stitching Adhesive Thread-sealing Spiral SADDLE STITCHING When we say stitching, we mean binding the printout with two metallic staples on its back. There’s simple saddle stitching and saddle stitching with […]
What we have to check before handing in a project We all want our projects to be printed out exactly as we see them on our screens. However, many times, the printouts are far from what we have expected, without it always being the printers’ fault. In any case, we should first be able to […]
Some media is usually printed in two or more languages, but remain otherwise unaltered. In this case we can be economical by printing once in four-colour and then use an extra zinc-plate for each language. There are some things we should be aware of before designing this kind of files. First of all, in order […]
What is Metal FX technology? It’s the printing of multiple metallic colours using only one extra ink. This technology has been used in Greece for the last three years by our company https://www.lyhnia.com and is indeed really interesting. It’s a process through which millions of metallic colours can be printed, with the use of only one […]
The most common paper sizes – especially in the Greek market – are 61x86cm and 70x100cm. There are other sizes too, but those two are the most common ones and therefore the cheapest. The 61x86cm size is called A and there are: A1:59x84cm* A2:42x59cm* A3:42x29cm* A4:21x29cm* A5:14.5x21cm* A6:10.5×14.5cm* The 70x100cm size is called B and […]
What is overprinting? Overprinting refers to the process of printing one colour on top of another, without the latter being covered and without holes being made on the background e.g. black letters on orange background. The black colour is printed over the orange background. When and why should we use it? Indesign and Xpress […]
It’s been a while, but we’re back now! And this time Nikitas Vgontzas, who’s been in charge of montage for 15 years, will help us with the post and explain us some things about montage. On offset printers, we mainly print on A1 (61cm x 86cm) and B1 (70cm x 100cm) sized papers. View previous […]
On a previous post we mentioned the issue of transferring Greek monotonic texts from Quark versions older than 6.5 to any kind of modern program. It’s time to talk about the same issue but in the case of polytonic texts. The transfer of a polytonic text from a Quark 6.5 or older can be accomplished […]
Some of us, who’ve worked in the graphic design field for a while, had started with the Quark Xpress on Macintosh. So, many of our files are created in Quark Xpress 6.5. there comes a time though that we need to use texts from Quark Xpress 6.5 in other programs like Ingesign, Quark 7, 8 […]
The term originates from moire (moiré in its French adjectival form), a type of textile, traditionally of silk but now also of cotton or synthetic fiber, with a rippled or “watered” appearance. Sometimes, some photographs also develop the moiré effect (like a criss-cross pattern) when they are printed. Moiré pattern There are many factors that […]
In order for a digital hard proof to be certified and reliable (which means accurately reproducible on four-colour printing), it has to meet certain standards and have an authorized certification. The ISO and Fogra certifications are the most reliable – specifically, the ISO Coated 39L or the Fogra protocol. In order for you to identify […]
Many times, we receive PDFs we have to open and edit, but we don’t have the fonts. The solution for this problem is quite simple, as long as the received PDF has the fonts installed. On Illustrator, we create a file the same size as the PDF and we choose place to pdf as link. […]
On the previous post, we talked about the basic solid-colour pantone palettes. Of course, pantone also provides four-colour palettes: the CMYK pantone palette (coated/uncoated). (on programs they’re referred to as “pantone process coated/uncoated”) Pantone CMYK colour palettes Those palettes let us choose a colour by giving us the exact analogies we have to use to […]
There are many kinds of Pantone palettes. Most programs have embedded those palettes and you can choose colours through them. Pantones two basic colour palettes (coated – uncoated) But which is the best choice each time? Solid colours: These colours are not produced through four-colour printing, but through solid inks placed in the machine. For […]
According to the poll, colour accuracy is what most of us are concerned with when it comes to printouts. Indeed, perfect colour accuracy depends on many factors and that’s why it’s one of the biggest printing issues. But let’s start with the basics. How can we tell if colours are accurate? By checking on the […]
Before I make another post, I thought it would be nice to extend our communication. So I’m creating this post where you can mention any problem you may have dealt in the printing – binding house, so we can work on solutions together. I also activated a poll, where you can also convey your […]
Today we’ll talk about proper PDF export. As I mentioned on the previous post, it’s essential to set up our file in the correct format. The file dimensions must be the exact ones we want our final trimmed product to have. We must also leave an at least 3mm bleed edge and check all photos […]
Let’s start simple! When I start creating a printout, I create a file in the page make-up program set to the exact dimensions I want my printout to have. The bleed edges (the extra space we let out for trimming machines) is added afterwards and lets the background bleed outside the file edges. Before I […]
We all know that some small – or big – grammar and spelling mistakes are almost never possible to completely avoid… We all have also had to deal with mistakes that our clients failed to correct or that we didn’t realize they had corrected. We should therefore clarify with our clients up-front that spell checks […]
What are digital hard-copy proofs? They are digital printouts on a standard inject printer, which is regularly calibrated, so that it can print with high colour accuracy (almost 100%). What are certified digital hard-copy proofs for? In the case of offset printing, colour performance depends on various factors, like whether the file has been properly […]
At Lyhnia, your ideas can safely take off! We effectively implement quality assurance systems based on international standards at every production stage (ISO 9001:2008) and officially certify our knowledge for every new technology we use. Additionally, through the use of specialized procedures for the management and monitoring of all production stages, we make sure to […]
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