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If you want a true glimpse of printing: current letterpress printing here’s a video

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If you have 40 years in printing as I do, this video is a real joy. If you are a new self publisher, it will give you a much better feel for printing.  http://vimeo.com/62635922 Here’s a glimpse of traditional printing, before on-demand printing But actually, this is close to on-demand letterpress. This will open your eyes a bit to how printing works. It a beautiful glimpse of modern letterpress. Letterpress is that type of printing brought into … Continue reading →

Dealing with bleeds & crossover images

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Bleeds A bleed is needed when you produce a design where the ink goes to the edge of the paper. (On-demand printers will normally not allow type to come any closer than .375” or .5” from the edge of the trim size.) Printers and printing presses can never print to the edge of the paper. The ink or toner will run off and build up on the back side of the paper. This will not only ruin … Continue reading →

What is On-Demand publishing?

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The concept of on-demand publishing is simple The printer or distributor stores the book on their hard drive (server farm). It is printed or downloaded only after it is ordered and paid for. So, unless there is a demand, it is not printed or downloaded. Much like just-in-time manufacturing, your book is delivered upon demand. You upload the digital files: They are stored on the servers of the on-demand printer or ebook distributor. They print the document … Continue reading →

Printing transparency: Eliminating the White Box Effect

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InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Eliminating the White Box Effect. This has been an ongoing problem ever since we started using InDesign: drop shadows that look fine on the screen but which develop a white box in back of them when output. As you can see it is an easy solution, use either overprinting or CMYK. Who’d’ve thunk it?

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