Edited by Jeff Peterson, editor-in-chief, PostPress As with most bindery and finishing equipment, there is a great deal of planning involved in executing perfect-bound printed materials. It is vitally important that there is ample communication from the design, print and finishing portions of the job to help decrease waste and run at efficient speeds. PostPress talked with … [Read more...] about Avoiding Perfect Binding Challenges on Press
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Gluing Poly-Coated Substrates: Dyne Level
By Capital Adhesives The process used to glue folding cartons or other products that are poly-coated and/or cartons that require a window film can create a series of challenges if pre-planning is not involved. In both instances, whether it be a poly-coated board stock or a window film to board, the surface is considered a poly surface and is not easily glued. The surface … [Read more...] about Gluing Poly-Coated Substrates: Dyne Level
Bindery Automation Circa 2024
By Brad Emerson, general manager, www.fixyourownbindery.com What have printers and finishers/binders seen in bindery automation advancements in recent years? Beyond robotics increasing their labor-saving advantages with paper banding and palletizing, it pretty much has been digital bindery automation advancements. While most binderies realize the benefits of well-calibrated … [Read more...] about Bindery Automation Circa 2024
In a Design Bind? Try These Unique Binding Options
By Erin La Row, editor, PostPress Since the beginning of books, there has been a need for binding. When Hindi scribes in India began binding palm-leaf manuscripts together with twine during the second century BC, so began the craft of bookbinding. 1 Over time, the need has remained, although the techniques have evolved. For some, bookbinding is where art meets function. … [Read more...] about In a Design Bind? Try These Unique Binding Options
DataGraphic Creates Smyth-Sewn Book for Global Diversity Movement
By Erin La Row, editor, PostPress Many great design pieces begin with an idea. This one begins with a movement: Rare with Google – an initiative to help, in Google’s words, “change the face of a notoriously homogenous creative industry.” The team at DataGraphic, a US specialty printing company in Commack, New York, was tasked with creating what resulted in a stunning and … [Read more...] about DataGraphic Creates Smyth-Sewn Book for Global Diversity Movement
Preparing for Today’s Bookbinding Applications
By Dianna Brodine, managing editor, PostPress At the height of the pandemic, a significant increase in durable goods orders kept manufacturers producing at near record levels. Consumers who found themselves at home hit “add to cart” as they made purchase decisions on items to make their living spaces and daily lives more comfortable, including furniture, home appliances and … [Read more...] about Preparing for Today’s Bookbinding Applications
Perfect Binding Automates: Handling Digitally and/or Offset-Printed Jobs
by Hallie Forcinio, contributing writer, PostPress As printers face a greater mix of digital- and offset-printed jobs, shorter run lengths and a tight labor market, perfect binders have become more automated, flexible and connected. Traditional, large-volume printers are migrating to shorter, digital run lengths, while midsize digital shops doing print-on-demand, short-run … [Read more...] about Perfect Binding Automates: Handling Digitally and/or Offset-Printed Jobs
Finding the Perfect Recipe for Thick-Book Binding
By Katy Ibsen, managing editor PostPress There is no shortage of thick books in this world that required a special binding; text books, novels, educational tools, training manuals, dictionaries and so forth. We’ve all had the opportunity to connect with a thick book. When a client brings a thick book to your bindery, it’s important to understand what they are trying to … [Read more...] about Finding the Perfect Recipe for Thick-Book Binding
Go Big and Go Gold – PBS Wins with Unique Binding
by Brittany Willes, contributing editor PostPress “Georgetown is a big idea, with a big future,” declared real estate development company Anthem Properties Group, Vancouver, British Columbia. Located in the heart of Surrey City Center, Georgetown is one of Anthem’s latest residential developments. In order to appropriately convey just how big Georgetown’s future is, Anthem … [Read more...] about Go Big and Go Gold – PBS Wins with Unique Binding
Q&A: Solving Challenges with Perfect Binding
by Jeff Peterson, editor-in-chief PostPress Perfect binding is an economic, attractive way to present information in a bound format for both short and long runs. Once viewed as a binding method for thick books or publications, perfect binders today are designed for quick turnarounds and much shorter runs, especially for the ever-growing digital world. And, it now is feasible … [Read more...] about Q&A: Solving Challenges with Perfect Binding