At Ex Why Zed, we make your journey into print smooth, fun and easy to follow. From our initial contact, you will receive friendly expert help. Next, we give you all the tools and helpful guides needed to quickly prepare print-ready artwork. Finally, our top-of-the-range presses ensure your art looks the best it possibly can on paper.
In this showcase snippet video, we enjoy looking through a hardback photography book from Michal Augustini. ‘First Three, No Flash’ is a collection of iconic moments from live shows.
The printed paper is stacked in many sheets and our guillotine trims off the bleed and excess white paper. The sheet is then turned and the same process is completed on all four edges leaving the sheet the actual size of your finished book.
We were asked, “can you bind two booklets within one cover?”. After some head-scratching, beard stroking and using our brains…we came up with the solution!
Well, we have compiled a video step-by-step guide to show you the technical process involved and to help you gain an understanding on what decisions you can make to improve the appearance of your next book.
This forms a very informational helping hand when you come to decide if you would like printed or plain end-papers because you can see exactly where they are positioned in relation to the cover ad text block of the book.
It showcases how the case itself is made, the options for cover materials including printing a cover from your bespoke artwork, choosing a paper from the GF Smith Colorplan range or using one of the Winter&Company book cover materials. We discuss the technical considerations of the covers, endpapers and binding.
