5 Facts About Post Press Binding (David Perricone)

Post Press Binding: 5 Facts

11)  The term used for all activities that are performed on printed post-printing is referred to as finishing. This includes binding and the decorative process such as die stamping, embossing, or laminating.

22)  Cutting and trimming can occur both pre printing and post printing. There are specifics on what constitutes when this occurs. Specifically, when multiple signatures are combined on one press sheet, those sheets need to be cut after printing.

33)  There are 9 primary types of post-press binding: Hardcover, tape binding, perfect binding, sewn binding, wire stitching, plastic comb binding, wire-o binding, velo-binding, and spiral binding.

44)  There is a tool called a guillotine cutter that is the primary took used for post-press trimming and cutting. A stack of sheets is placed on the bed of the cutter and the angled stainless steel blade cuts through it at a desired position. There is also a tool called a three-knife cutter, which has three blades to simultaneously trim three sides.

55)  There are five types of common folds, the half fold, the accordion fold, the gatefold, the French fold, and the letter fold. For magazines and books large press sheets need to be folded into signatures. This pertains an array of right angle folds in which two right angle folds make eight pages.