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crash course in cd manufacturing
the
basics - printing
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we appologize for any inconvenience this may cause
the traycard
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the
traycard is the printed part of your cd that sits in between
the back of the jewel case, and the trayholder. the traycard
is visible on the back of your closed, packaged cd (and
in the open, assembled cd underneath of the cd itself
if you are using clear trayholders). |
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traycard has 4 different sections: |
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traycard front
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the traycard back up
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and the left and right
traycard spines
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traycard front
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traycard back up
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the traycard spines are the parts of the traycard that
fold back when inserted front first into the jewel case
back, and are visible from the sides of the closed cd
jewel case. most commonly these sections of your artwork
will show the title of your cd, the name of the artist,
the catalogue number of your cd, and the record company
name (if any). |
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careful to run this text the correct way... that is, when
the cd is closed up and sitting in your cd rack you want
the text to be running right side up like most of the
others (should be ALL of the other cds if their designers
did this correctly). when you are looking at the traycard
front the text on the left spine should be running from
bottom to top, and the
text on the right spine should be running from top to
bottom. |
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traycard is most commonly printed 4 over 0 (that is, full
colour on the front, and no printing on the back up).
it is also fairly popular to print the traycard 4 over
1 (full colour on the front, and black and white on the
back up), BUT if you want to see the printing on the traycard
back up you will need clear trayholders. if you decide
to go with clear trayholders and printing on the traycard
back up be aware that part of the traycard back up will
be visible the front of your closed packaged cd jewel
case... |
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...this is fine, but prepare for it in your artwork.
you don't want to have your finished cds come back from
manufacturing and unexpectedly discover that there is
a big white strip interupting your nice dark cd cover.
if
you are going to go with a 4 over 1 traycard please
be sure to use the traycard back up specs available
in our specs section.
the
traycard back up is the same size as the traycard front,
and the spines are the same, but the back up specs show
where the trayholder and cd sit overtop of the back
up printing so that you can properly align your design
(eg., the center of the traycard back up is not the
center of where the cd sits in the trayholder).
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