Early bird discount !
All pieces at $100 until December 6, 2024.
Category descriptions
PRESTIGE (new!)
Any piece with a high or very high production cost, regardless of the process or quantity produced.
GUTENVERT
If your project includes several of the GutenVERT criteria (see page 6), you have a chance to win a GutenVERT Award.
DISPLAY
Poster, banner, POP (point-of-purchase advertising), display stand, etc.
BOOK EDITING, MAGAZINES EDITING
Souvenir program (on sale), comic book, book, magazine, etc.
BINDING
From box binding to thermobinding, menus, sample books, folding, sewing, gluing, case binding, perfect binding, cloth binding, Swiss binding, etc. Here is your category!
ENNOBLEMENT, FINISHING AND COMPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
Any project that has used one or more complementary techniques: gilding, embossing or debossing, hot or cold stamping, embossing, decorative cutting and punching, lamination, special varnishes, selective varnishes, 3D varnishes, digital foil, etc.
PACKAGING
Everything that can hold a product.
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Any product printed on flexible or extensible film: plastic containers, caps, resealable plastic sleeves, bags, thermoretractable packaging, etc.
LABELS
Everything that is similar to a label, whether or not it is self-adhesive (except stamps).
MARKETING (SELF PROMOTION)
Corporate brochure, display sleeve, calendar, vehicle wrapping, promotional product, etc.
MARKETING (CUSTOMER)
Souvenir program (free), brochure, vehicle wrapping, promotional product, avertising, mailings, textile clothing and accessories, etc.
L'AUDACIEUX
“Which is highly inventive, encourages to perform difficult actions, to take risks to succeed a project considered impossible.” You have dared to go further, and have achieved a revolutionary print by its raw materials, its manufacturing process, its shape or its use? Submit your piece in this category!
100% DIGITAL
Your project is printed only in digital? Regardless of the type of equipment (toner, inkjet, varnish, etc.) and the quantity printed, this category is for you!
NON-CONVENTIONAL MATERIAL
Do you print on fabric, wood, glass, ceramic, leather or any other unconventional media? This category is for you! Some examples: curtains, floors, windows, cups, sweaters, etc.
Any piece with a high or very high production cost, regardless of the process or quantity produced.
If you’re a Canadian printer (outside Québec), here’s your chance to win a Gutenberg! The Gutenberg Outside Québec will be awarded to the piece printed in Canada, but outside Québec, that receives the highest score in all categories combined.
Si votre projet comporte plusieurs des critères GutenVERT (voir ci-bas), vous courrez la chance d’obtenir un Trophée GutenVERT.
Poster, banner, POP (point-of-purchase advertising), display stand, etc.
Souvenir program (on sale), comic book, book, magazine, etc.
From box binding to thermobinding, menus, sample books, folding, sewing, gluing, case binding, perfect binding, cloth binding, Swiss binding, etc. Here is your category!
Tout projet qui a eu recours à une ou plusieurs techniques complémentaires : dorure, embossage ou débossage, estampage à chaud ou à froid, gaufrage, découpe et perforation décorative, lamination, vernis spéciaux, vernis sélectifs, vernis 3D, foil numérique, etc.
Everything that can hold a product.
Tout produit imprimé sur de la pellicule flexible ou extensible :
des contenants de plastique, des opercules, des pochettes de plastique refermables, des sacs, des emballages thermorétractables, etc.
Everything that is similar to a label, whether or not it is self-adhesive (except stamps).
Corporate brochure, display sleeve, calendar, vehicle wrapping, promotional product, etc.
Souvenir program (free), brochure, vehicle wrapping, promotional product, avertising, mailings, textile clothing and accessories, etc.
« Qui incite à accomplir des actions difficiles, à prendre des risques pour réussir un projet considéré comme impossible. » Vous avez osé aller plus loin et avez réalisé un imprimé révolutionnaire par ses matières premières, son processus de fabrication, sa forme ou son usage ? Soumettez votre pièce dans cette catégorie !
Votre projet est imprimé uniquement en numérique ? Peu importe le type d’équipement (toner, jet d’encre, vernis, etc.) et la quantité imprimée, cette catégorie est pour vous !
Vous imprimez sur du tissu, du bois, du verre, de la céramique, du cuir ou tout autre support non conventionnel ? Exemple : Rideaux, planchers, fenêtres, tasses, chandails, etc.
Evaluation criteria
All pieces will be judged according to the following criteria:
Characteristics of the project : 75%
- Quality of the product compared to others
- Description of the project (short explicative text)
- Complexity and shape of the project
- Print register
- Colour uniformity
- Printing process(es) and its constraints
- Substrate constraint
- Finishing (complexity, register, quality of finish)
- Types of ink and/or toners (Pantone, metallic, reactive inks, etc.
General quality : 15%
- Creation or design
- Photo quality
- Choice of print substrate
- Emphasizing the ennoblement processes
Audacity : 10%
- Unusual manufacturing process
- Product use
- Audacity and creativity
- Novelty
To all the pieces registered in the GutenVERT category, the following criteria will be added:
- Source of material (paper, cardboard, etc.) : Quebec, Canada, United States, Europe, Asia
- Produit recyclable : réutilisables ou recyclables , compostables ou biodégradables
- Recycled content (% recycled): 0% recycled, 30% recycled, 100% recycled
- Accréditations supplémentaires : (exemples : sans chlore, biogaz, FSC, carbone neutre, etc.)
- Ecological inks/varnishes