Alterations

After doing some more research into printing i found out that flexography is the best way to print packaging. The print process was invented for this purpose , the design's for packaging are often blocky and type based so the quality of print does not need to be a high as litho or gravure.

Because my patient information sheet is printed on such a thin new print style stock, i have found out that it would be better to use gravure for the process rather than litho. If it was in mass production i imagine it would be web fed and cut after printing.

So now

Packaging - offset flexo Panatone 485c

Patient infomation sheet - Rotor gravure Panatone 485u

Glove - Stamp printing Panatone 485c

Blister pack foil - Thermoforming Panatone 485 c ink on top

I also looked into the costing of my 16 page booklet the average price for 500 full colour 16 page booklet's is £ 945 for numerous stocks 100 gsm silk and recycled papers, 115 gsm gloss and about £20 more for 150 gsm gloss and 170 gsm silk.

This would be with a standard same stock cover for a extra £568 i could of had the 250 gsm un coated + spot colour cover.

This is just a ruff pricing and not the exact price. i have emailed 3 printer's about a price for the exact specifications but have no yet received a quote back.