Desktop publishing (DTP) and printing

Leaving a legacy of success is an art mastered by KERN UK Ltd. – for you! KERN plays a key role in shaping your company's image, giving it an outward appearance that will stick in the minds of people who could become your customers. This way, you achieve presence in print media, the internet, radio, and television. Only when you are properly represented in advertising do you truly exist.

KERN will turn your ideas into an advertising concept. When developing an advertising concept for the international market, both the visual factors must be right and cultural aspects must be taken into account. Concepts and graphic products for the European market often don't achieve the expected success in the Eastern European, Asian, or American markets. KERN can support you with its advertising experience and expertise in designing your graphic products. Because only advertising that is understood leads to success!

Internationalizing your products requires DTP experience, font knowledge, and an understanding of technical implementation options. KERN AG's foreign language typesetting and DTP professional team creates European, Oriental, and Asian fonts in all layout programs. KERN AG handles all foreign language documentation, such as operating instructions, annual reports, information brochures, catalogs, and other documents. You can easily use Arabic, Chinese, or Japanese fonts that KERN AG uses for foreign language typesetting, even if you don't own the fonts yourself.

KERN AG's services:

• Standard foreign language typesetting in files provided by you or in layouts designed by KERN
• Text conversions / text entry
• Graphic design / layout
• Scans and image processing
• Final artwork, prepress
• Film exposure
• Proofs

KERN AG's DTP specialists are available at any time to discuss complex foreign language typesetting projects. Thanks to their many years of experience and state-of-the-art technical equipment, they can solve almost any typesetting problem. KERN AG will be happy to advise you and provide you with expert information.

KERN UK Ltd. has extensive experience in implementing the specific characteristics of different languages in printing technology. This allows the character and typeface to be captured in a way that is understandable to everyone and presented in a country-specific manner.

Print Preparation

In addition to traditional print preparation processes such as lithography, mounting, reprography, and plate copying, KERN AG works directly using data transfer or computer-to-plate (CTP) technology. Unlike conventional film exposure processes, the CTP process saves you mounting and film costs. At the same time, this special process allows for the creation of smaller halftone dots, resulting in higher-quality print results compared to conventional processes. KERN AG also creates the typesetting and image data for you using high-resolution scanners, development, and exposure systems, and produces smooth-sided films.

Printing Processes

Web Offset: For Larger Runs
Web offset printing offers consistent print quality and high ink coverage. Another advantage of web offset printing is that it can be printed on almost any material, even non-absorbent ones. For large runs, KERN UK Ltd. prints for you using the web offset process, which can produce up to 5/5 colors and even handle complex folds.

Sheet-fed offset: For small and medium runs
Color intensity, registration accuracy, brilliance, and consistently good quality speak for sheet-fed offset. Sheet-fed offset is also advantageous for short runs, heavy paper weights, and special fold types. Your KERN team will be happy to answer any specific questions you may have about sheet-fed offset.

Digital printing: For short runs of up to approximately 500 copies
With digital printing, the print image is transferred directly from the computer to the printing press, so, unlike offset printing, no fixed artwork is required. By eliminating film, fixer baths, and aluminum plates, digital printing is not only environmentally friendly but also allows you to quickly complete your print job. Often, only 48 hours pass between print order and completion, and even less if necessary. Digital printing is suitable for single- and multi-color short runs, e.g., for small print runs. E.g., flyers, business cards, posters, and manuals up to approximately 500 copies.

KERN offers screen, inkjet, or laser printing depending on your needs and requirements and automatically calculates the optimal price-performance ratio for you during the quotation calculation.

You can send your data to KERN UK Ltd. quickly and easily in a variety of ways:

• By email as an attachment
• Via a password-protected FTP server
• On CD or DVD (Mac and ISO format)
• On USB stick or memory card (SD, memory stick, etc.)
• Via a KERN AG online portal

Our experienced DTP team will give your documents an aesthetically pleasing and consistent appearance. We ensure that your content is perfectly tailored to the desired medium, be it printed materials or digital publications.

With a global network of native translators, we offer translation services in a wide range of languages. Your message will be conveyed accurately and culturally appropriately for maximum impact in different target markets.

Our DTP team is proficient in all common DTP software applications and can create and edit content in almost any language and writing system. Whether it is right-to-left, left-to-right or vertical text, we master the challenges of multilingual desktop publishing.

We prepare your documents professionally for printing. We check color profiles, image resolution, fonts and layout to ensure that your print projects are implemented with the highest quality and color fidelity.

Our team is meticulous about quality control. We ensure that all elements of your project – from translation to layout to prepress – meet the highest standards.

We understand the importance of punctuality. We work quickly to complete your projects on time and exceed your expectations.

Our services include the seamless transfer and preparation of texts from various desktop publishing programs. We ensure that your existing layout is retained and all text elements are smoothly integrated.

Professional foreign language typesetting directly in delivered documents or in layouts designed by KERN: Whether you already have a layout or want to design one from scratch, our desktop publishing experts have mastered the art of professional foreign language typesetting. We ensure that your content is presented perfectly and aesthetically pleasing in any language you require.

If required, we also offer text conversion and text capture. We can convert printed documents or unformatted text into electronic files and bring them into your desired format.

We professionally prepare your documents for printing, including checking color profiles, image resolution and fonts. If required, we create proof copies to ensure that your print project is implemented with the highest quality and color fidelity.

If you wish, we can also take care of the printing processing. We work with reliable printing companies to ensure that your printed materials are delivered on time and in the desired quality.