by: Ken Kroeger, Ph.D. Adhesives are used in many different operations in the bindery. In a pejorative sense, adhesives are the Rodney Dangerfield of the bindery (they get no respect) because while adhesive performance is very critical to finished product quality, adhesives are almost always a very low cost component. For example, in the production of an 800-page college … [Read more...] about Adhesives in the Bindery: An Overview
Perfect Binding
Perfect Binding Technology Follows the Digital Flow
by: James Tressler, C.P. Bourg, Inc. Nothing has changed the face of perfect binding technology faster or more completely than the digital technologies used to create, prepare and print pages. Page layout and text editing software, digital photography and image editing, Internet distribution, job prep, and short-run digital printing – all are powerful forces pushing the … [Read more...] about Perfect Binding Technology Follows the Digital Flow
Q&A: Challenges in Perfect Binding
The Binding Edge Perfect binding is an economical, attractive way to present information in a bound book format with both short and long runs. Once looked at as a binding method for thick books or publications only, perfect binding equipment can now work with minimum page counts as low as 24 and thicknesses as small as 1/16 of an inch. This, coupled with advancements in … [Read more...] about Q&A: Challenges in Perfect Binding
Perfect Binding Equipment Answers Need for Speed and Flexibility
by: Staff With increasing pressure for faster production and turnaround times, as well as changes that on-demand printing has created in the graphics world, new equipment developments in perfect binding has changed as well. Manufacturers have rolled out machinery to perfect bind papers at a variety of speeds and in a variety of manufacturing environments, from desktop to the … [Read more...] about Perfect Binding Equipment Answers Need for Speed and Flexibility