Are you considering a binding technique that can offer durability? The answer lies in adhesive case binding or hardcover binding. Total Printing Systems offers high-quality short-run hardcover book printing and binding services to meet your book manufacturing needs.
Generally, a hardcover book comprises book blocks assembled with a hard casing. The pages are notched at the spine and adhesive is applied. We can produce covers printed with your design on coated stock or use different coverings such as Rainbow or Ecological Fibers materials. These materials can be foil stamped or embossed depending on your requirements.
How is Adhesive Case Binding Done?
Adhesive case binding is done in the following steps:
-The interior pages are printed and cut into book blocks.
-The case is created by wrapping boards with various materials. Choices of materials include a paper wrap printed with your design, cloth, or faux leather materials. Those materials can be embellished if you desire.
-Page count: The number of pages for case bound books is divisible by two when printing digitally.
-Cloth is added to reinforce the spine and glued to the case.
-The glue is applied to the endpapers and spine board, and then the book block is pressed into the case, ensuring proper spine alignment.
-The book is allowed to dry and the adhesive is cured. This helps ensure a durable binding.
-Next, the book is inspected for any imperfections or defects before it is packaged for shipping.
Design Considerations for Adhesive Case Binding
The following are some common design considerations for adhesive case binding and printing of books.
-Interior pages: Be sure to adjust bind margins appropriately for ease of reading. Please ensure that any vital content is further than 1/2” from the bind on interior pages.
-Use master pages to ensure consistent placement of repeating elements such as running heads, folios, and design elements.
-Endsheets can be eye-catching when using either Rainbow brand solid colors, or printed with your design to suit the book’s overall theme or tone. Other choices are cream or white to match the interior paper stock you’ve picked.
-The cover design of the hardcover book is printed on a single sheet. This cover design is glued to the three boards of the book. The book’s spine width is calculated based on the book's text stock and page count.
-Hiring a professional designer who specializes in book design is wise.
-Adhesive case binding is suited for various types of books, including coffee-table books, art books, cookbooks, first or special editions, compendia, academic books, yearbooks, high-end luxury catalogs, textbooks, memoirs, and history books.
Adhesive binding (case binding) is the binding of all of the signatures (the printed sheets folded to the size of a book) that make up a book or a magazine at the spring using an adhesive.
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In the past, the tendency of pages to detach used to be a problem with this method, but improvements in adhesives and in the quality of the process have addressed this. The process of bookbinding is a simple one, with the booklet opening to the gutters. It is appropriate for a variety of uses, including binding together unfolded, postcard-style pages and booklets made up of many pages.
When binding signatures, because only the outermost page of the signature is attached, preprocessing is done to make sure that all pages attach. In this process, the spine of the signature is cut; after that, one of two things is done: either adhesive is spread on that edge (perfect binding style), or a series of notches are made in the spine, and adhesive is applied in those notches (notch binding-style).
Because adhesive binding involves working with the signatures themselves, in cutting and applying adhesive, it is not appropriate for repairs or rebinding.
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