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I just wish to get help to know a special type of ink. I saw a booklet of Emirates Printing Press in exhibition in Dubai. The booklet was printed by some special colour which looks like metallic foil. Is it a special colour? Is it Offset printing or any other techniques/machine which give such effects. Which inks are available in the market for offset printing? Thanks, Seraj Akram, Riyadh, By email

We think the Emirates PP used cold foil application for that effect. For foil applications, we can recommend: http://www.amagic-usa.com. They have office in Dubai. For Inks, I am sending you the buyers guide which can give you many options. I hope this helps, please let us know if you need anything else.

Hello, we are running a print training session for a client and would like to show a video of a sheetfed litho press running with an explanation of the process. I've had a look on youtube and asked press manufacturers and printers but haven't had much joy- does anyone have any suggestions?

Also this link might be useful, it's not entirely up-to-date, and focuses on web printing, but still quite illuminating: www.howstuffworks.com/offset-printing