Spot Varnish Cape Town

Spot gloss varnish is now possible on short runs of digital printing. It’s a great way to enhance your printing by drawing attention to certain areas or providing a subtle reflection in the background. It gets done inline during the print process so the alignment is 100% accurate and adds little additional lead time.

There is no minimum quantity required so you can create once off jobs or presentation proofs, apply it as a flood coat or use it to highlight only certain elements on the page, plus it can be used as a security feature when printing sensitive documents – making them hard to forge.

When used in conjunction with metallic inks, the clear varnish has a dual effect: appearing glossy on top of CMYK, but having a matt effect when placed over metallics, resulting in unique positive and negative shifts when viewed in different light.

When multiple passes of spot gloss varnish are applied, it creates a raised texture which can be used with great visual and tactile effect, especially when the varnish is applied over a matt lamination.

The results are different to a traditional UV varnish so chat to us today about how to set up your artwork and get maximum effect using our digital gloss varnish.

Nice Things People Say About Us

“Nicola you are a star! I totally love the invitation. The colour, the texture and the bubbles - perfect!
You know where I am coming for my next project :) Thank you again.”
Etienne Kruger

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compassionate visionaries like yourself.
It is only through you that we have been able to have over 2000 children in our programmes daily.”
Kevin Chaplin - The Amy Biehl Foundation Trust

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I made my deadline today and I can thank Hot Ink in part for that.”
Chris - Unimaths

“Thank you so much for the quote and your help with deciding on the paper types, etc.
It made all the difference as this is the first time I’m dealing with these things. I’ve been to a few other places as well which just doesn’t compare to the open, honest, friendly and helpful support you provide me. So thank you for that!”
Carl Swart

“Just wanted to congratulate you on a job well done. The BC that you did for us looks great and we are getting a lot of complements regarding the Quality of the cards. Many thanks again.”
Jacques

“Just wanted to say a HUGE Thank you for all your help and patience! The wedding was magical!
I will be contacting you in future for Ethans birthday invitation :)”
Candice Nason

“A big Thank You to you and your team for last week. Without your help we would not have been able to meet our tight deadlines. Thanx a million.
A special Thank You to your Finishing Department for a job well done. Hope you guys enjoyed the pizza!!!”
Royzanne Kampher - Sky Media

“Thanks for all the speedy, really great service and reliability from you. I especially appreciate you always getting back to me promptly and helping me out with the sometimes ridiculous timelines etc. (I know I can be quite demanding at times!).
It really is a pleasure working with you guys at Hotink, so thank you to all of you.”
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