(SB1) PROCESSS AND TERMINOLOGIES

• design - indesign 
• pre-press - colour management 
• production - print methods, paper, binding 
• finishing - finaihing touches 

VERSO = back side, left side

RECTO = front side, right side 

BOOK SIZES

- how do you want the book to feel 

- could be part of the reasoning 

- constraints (conceptual, practical) 

STOCK

GSM - the higher the gsm the more weighting 

90 gsm - thin 

270 gsm - thick (soft back book ) 

350 gsm - business card

70 gsm - normal paper

= doesn't directly control the stiffness 

= only weight 

PAPER GRAIN 

- all paper has a grain 

- easier to fold, bend and tear along the grain direction 

• absorbency *need testing!!* 
• coated/ uncoated 
• print quality, print method (certain paper <--> certain production methods) 
• ink holdout 
• colour 
• weight 
• opacity 

COLOUR MANAGEMENT 

- colour on screen vs colour on print 

spot colour 

= physical ink 

= pure mixed ink 

= pantone colour system 

PRINTING AND ALIGNMENT 

LITHOGRAPHY  

- uses plates 

- layering basis 

- "offset" lithography 

- screen printing like 

Pros

- high quality print 

- high print run 

Cons

- expensive 

- high print run 

DIGITAL PRINT

= inkjet, laser 

Pros
- Fast turn around 
- Fast set up
- One off jobs 
- Flexibility - testing

Cons
- Slightly lower quality 
- Cracking in folds
  --> how to prevent? 
depends on the paper stock 
try methods of folding 
leave a bleed 
*screenprinting, letterpress won't crack*
  --> inkjet - might crack a bit 
need testing 
- More expensive for higher quantity print runs

LETTERPRESS

- relief printing 

- raised surface which is inked 

SCREEN-PRINTING 

- low print run 

- one offs 

- colours (spot colours) 

RISOGRAPH (Fred Aldous, Footprint) 

= screenprinting in a box, uses wet ink

- high print run (super fast) 

- low set up costs (depends on how many colours, layers) 

- little environmental impact (soil based ink) 

- colour (layers) stock 

- uses spot colours, set colours 

- layering system (mix colours within the layers) 

*at least 10-20 copies of same image*

BINDING (PLAY AROUND WITH COLOURS)

SPRIAL BINDING

- wire, plastic

- threads through holes at the side of the book 

- relatively cheap

- book can be completely opened 

WIRO BINDING

- clamps around the paper 

*double open book? 

SINGER STITCHED

ELASTIC BANDS

- things that could be rearranged 

- no fixed bind 

- no fixed page numbers 

* special elastic band 

CASE BOUND

PERFECT BOUND 

JAPANESE STAB STITCH 

COPTIC STITCH 

PAMPHELT STITCH 

SADDLE STITCH (digital print room) 

- no stitching at all 

- uses staples/ wires 

- long staplers 

- loop staples for binders 

BINDING RINGS 

BELLY BAND

- a piece of paper that wraps around the book 

BOLT BIND

- Put a hole on all pages and put the pin in 

GATEFOLD 

- opens on both sides

- cannot trim the sides when you fold 

THROW- OUTS 

- opened on one side 

TIP-INS

- attachment of a single page (attached into the book)

- different stock, size, colours 

- easier down by hand 

TIP-ONS 

- temporary 

- attached ON the book 

- able to take out and add in 

*memory, disappearing* 

FINISHING 

FOIL BLOCKING (heat pressed) (library) 

EMBOSSING 

= raised surface 

DEBOSSING 

= indented surface 

DIE (digital print), LASER, KISS CUTTING 

DUPLEXING 

- bonding diff paper stock with different textures or colours on each side 

*embossing, debossing, business cards*

LAMINATE

VERNISH (digital print) 

- colourless layer (use black on a separate file) 

TRIMMING AND GUILLOTINING (book binding) 

- finished edges 

*set bleeds and crop marks