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Archive for the ‘Book Printing’ Category

A Case Study in Saddle Stitched Booklets

Monday, June 8th, 2015

A print brokering client of mine has been asked to take on a job from another designer. The job comprises two saddle-stitched booklets that have been provided in PDF format. My client has only these PDF files from the prior year’s printing. She does not have an InDesign file. Today my client came to me to discuss printer’s specs for a bid as well as some workflow considerations. (more…)

Book Printing: Black-only, Web-Fed Inkjet for Books

Monday, May 11th, 2015

When I first read Kodak’s literature about the new PROSPER 1000 Plus Press, my first question was, “What about color work?” But then I reflected for a moment and thought about all the print books I’d designed or brokered that had black-only text blocks. I paused. (more…)

Why Students Prefer Print Textbooks

Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

I was overjoyed to find an article on www.washingtonpost.com entitled, “Why Digital Natives Prefer Reading in Print. Yes, You Read That Right,” by Michael S. Rosenwald. I was even happier to find the same article on my list from the Goggle Alerts aggregator. And when I Googled the first few words of the story, I found (what turned out to be an Associated Press story) in about six Google pages of listings. (more…)

Custom Printing: Reviewing Magazine Printers’ and Book Printers’ Samples

Monday, April 27th, 2015

I just received three boxes of samples from commercial printing suppliers. Somehow the boxes look bigger in the condo than they used to look in the house, where I had a whole room for samples.

The three boxes contain specific samples from three separate printers for three separate print brokering clients. Here’s why I requested them, what I’m looking for, and why they will be beneficial to my work. (more…)

Custom Printing: Thoughts on Spine Design for Books, Catalogs, and Magazines

Saturday, February 28th, 2015

While I was on the phone today, on hold for a half hour waiting to speak with a health insurance agent, I had plenty of time to look at the walls and ceiling. My gaze also fell on a collection of print book on a shelf, and more precisely on their spines. (more…)

Book Printing: More Info on Hard- and Soft-Proofing

Thursday, February 26th, 2015

A book printing client of mine, whom I have written about recently, just downloaded an InSite proof of the text of her and her husband’s print book. She also received hard-copy proofs of the photo section of the book and a color Spectrum proof of the cover. Some questions arose, and I wanted to share these with you. I think they may be helpful in your print buying work. (more…)

Book Printing: End-Game Process for Book Production

Friday, February 13th, 2015

A print brokering client of mine is just finishing up an anthology of poetry and prose, getting it ready for the printer. This small business local literary publisher and I are going through a few last minute checks that I think you might find useful and enlightening if you produce print books of any kind. (more…)

Book, Magazine, and Catalog Printing: Printer Spreads

Friday, January 30th, 2015

A print brokering client of mine who is producing a graphic novel sent me a thumbnail-size layout of her print book a few days ago. The physical printing requirements of this 8.5” x 10.875” book, which will be produced on a heatset web press, were a lot easier to comprehend when all the pages were presented as a complete book, even in a small, low-resolution format. (more…)

Book Printing: Determining Signature Configurations

Friday, January 23rd, 2015

Within the last twenty-four hours two print brokering clients of mine made erroneous assumptions about press signatures within print books, and I made one as well. I’d like to share all of these with you so you will be better aware of how to determine press signature configurations. (more…)

Book Printing: Analyzing a Book Production Schedule

Tuesday, January 13th, 2015

I just received the following schedule for a print book a brokering client of mine intends to produce. I think you might find it illuminating in your own print buying work, since it addresses some areas that could be confusing, or that you might inadvertently forget to consider. (more…)

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