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• Producing Casebound Books (Hardcover Books) 2014-02-24

  The sequence of steps in binding hardcover books is shown in Figure 6-1. These steps remain the same whether books are bound by hand or by machine. FOLDING SIGNATURES AND ENDSHEETS. Large printed sheets are first folded to form signatures. A signature is a single sheet of paper folded to a certain number of pages. For ...

• The Thickness of Printing Paper List 2013-09-05

  Name Thickness/mm Name Thickness/mm 80gsm art paper 0.065 105gsm matt coated paper 0.09 105gsm art paper 0.085 128gsm matt coated paper 0.12 128gsm art paper 0.105 157gsm matt coated paper 0.16 157gsm art paper 0.135 200gsm matt coated paper 0.19 200gsm art paper 0.17 210gsm matt coated paper 0.21 210gsm art paper 0.19...

• Perfect Binding - for booklet, catalog, book, magazine, etc. 2013-09-04

  Perfect Binding Process Sewn Binding Process Perfect binding is often used, and gives a result similar to paperback books. National Geographic is one example of this type. Paperback or soft cover books are also normally bound using perfect binding. They usually consist of various sections with a cover made from heavier...

• Saddle Stitch Binding - for booklet, catalog, magazine 2013-08-30

  Fold the impression (cut or uncut) into several folds according to page number and sequence. The fold with multi-pages is called a signature of book-block. After collocating the folded signatures into volumes by order and combine them, it is called saddle stitching. Impression→folding→collating→wrappering→saddle st...

• Glossy Art Paper - for booklet, catalog, flyer, poster, postcard, etc. 2013-08-29

  Quality and rather heavy two-side coated printing paper with smooth surface. The reproduction of fine screen single- and multicolor pictures ("art on paper") requires a paper that has an even, well closed surface and a uniform ink absorption.

• Five Key Points of Prepress Layout Impact on Silkscreen Printing Quality 2024-11-12

  Silkscreen printing involves multiple prepress steps. To produce a high-quality silkscreen product, every step must be executed without error. Even a minor mistake in any step can prevent achieving the desired print quality. The prepress process can be broken down into scanning, layout design, film output, proofing, an...

• Design and Manufacturing Process of Large UV Double-Sided Printing Platform for UV Printers 2024-11-08

  In recent years, the market for large UV double-sided printers has shown rapid growth. However, ensuring printing accuracy and long-term stability for large-format printing materials has been a persistent challenge. This article introduces a design and manufacturing process for a large UV double-sided printer platform,...

• Fault Analysis of High-Speed Rotogravure Printing 2024-11-07

  High-speed rotogravure printing operates at high speeds, with long paper paths. Once a fault occurs, whether during shutdown for adjustments or startup, the waste generated can be enormous. The causes of such faults are manifold: one is the impact of physical and chemical changes in the ink; another is the effect of th...

• Analysis of Causes for Curling in Tobacco Package Printing Paper 2024-10-29

  In the production of tobacco packaging printing, curling of paper can lead to serious problems during post-processing and use. For instance, curled sheets can increase positioning errors during downstream processes such as cutting, hot stamping, and die-cutting, which can result in paper jams and machine downtime, seve...

• How to Eliminate Static Electricity in Packaging Printing 2024-10-21

  It is well known that materials used in the packaging and printing industry, such as paper, plastic, ink, adhesives, and guide rollers (some of which are anodized to form alumina), are insulators. The processes of printing, laminating, rewinding, and slitting are high-speed operations that involve friction, contact, an...