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Throw Outs

31 January 2012

Every so often, a client asks for a job to include what is known as “throw outs”. These are pages that fold out away from the foredge of a publication to create a spread that is wider than the rest of the job, and may themselves fold again to form multiple leaves. These can be [...]

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Don’t get into a (hinge) flap about perfect binding

29 November 2011

We must have printed hundreds of jobs that are finished as “perfect bound” books. This means the text sections are folded, and “milled” (to produce a rough edge that glue will adhere to on the spine edge); then they are gathered one on top of the other, and a cover with a spine is wrapped [...]

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What is bleed and how is it used in print?

13 November 2009

This is one of the most common questions we answer at Printhouse.  Bleed is a specific area (usually 3mm) added to each outside edge of a page as an aid for the finisher to be able to trim the final document correctly. For example, a document at A4 size, being 210mm x 297mm will measure [...]

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