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Archive for the ‘Paper and finishing’ Category
Monday, March 5th, 2012
I’m brokering the print production for a perfect bound book with a unique cover. It has images and type on both the outside and inside covers, as well as French flaps. Therefore, the design and production of the cover reflects a number of concerns for both graphic artists and production managers. (more…)
Posted in Book Binding Options, Book Printing, Paper and finishing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Book Printing: Attending to Details in Cover Design and Production
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
I had two thoughts about printing that I wanted to share. They appear unrelated, yet they both address the appropriateness of custom printing vs. digital communication. And they both, perhaps, are good starting points for future articles. (more…)
Posted in Book Printing, Digital Printing, Large-Format Printing, Magazine Printing, Offset Printing, Paper and finishing, Printing | Comments Off on Custom Printing: The Right Tools for the Task at Hand
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
If you research the term “lamination” online, in print books, or by talking with commercial printers, you’ll see that the concept has two distinct meanings. (more…)
Posted in Digital Printing, Large-Format Printing, Paper and finishing, Poster Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Lamination and Large Format Printing, Book Covers, Posters, Menus
Friday, December 16th, 2011
A client of mine runs a small publishing house for literary works: poetry, fiction, memoirs, and such. She has recently sent a book to a commercial printer for a short run of 100 reader copies. These are also called “galleys.” Reviewers will read the copies and make suggestions, then the author will update and correct the text. After this step, a book printer will produce between 2,000 and 3,500 copies of the final edition. The commercial printer will produce the short run digitally on an HP Indigo press. The book printer will run the job on an offset press. (more…)
Posted in Book Printing, Paper and finishing, Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Custom Printing: Paper Choices Case Study
Monday, December 12th, 2011
For decades, diecutting has been a labor-intensive, materials-intensive, time-intensive, post-press finishing process. Commercial printers have had to wait for outside vendors to create the cutting dies and then set up and operate a letterpress or diecutting press to accomplish the cutting work. Even the die-makers have had to store raw materials–wood, metal, and rubber–in warehouses along with the finished dies themselves, which are kept for future work. So the die-makers must absorb the extra storage expense, insurance expense, and other costs of holding inventory. (more…)
Posted in Box Printing, Paper and finishing, Paperboard Packaging | 1 Comment »
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
A client of mine recently reprinted a small booklet. It actually wasn’t due to any errors. The book was just very popular, and she had run out of copies. My client had initially printed 300 each of two versions (one in Spanish and one in English) at a custom printing vendor with both offset and digital equipment. (more…)
Posted in Book Printing, Digital Printing, Paper and finishing, Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Book Printing Case Study: Digital vs. Offset Printing and Paper Opacity
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
An attache at the Embassy of Chile, who had just taken delivery of several thousand perfect-bound books for the ambassador, called me and said that the entire book printing run had “wavy” text. The covers were flat, but the text blocks were consistently rippled. I hopped in a cab and went right over. (more…)
Posted in Book Binding Options, Book Printing, Offset Printing, Paper and finishing, Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | 2 Comments »
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