| Author | Topic |
|---|
Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
February 2003
|
|
Re: Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
Thu, 02 October 2003 13:18
 
|
 |
hi xfader,
i'm a production coordinator in a gov't publishing group.
if i've read your question right, you want a paper stock with a gloss finish that's lighter than magazine covers?
With all that ink, you've gotta print onto a coated stock, something like Monza, Impress, Opal Plus are ones we use frequently as they're good quality but well priced. All of those have a gloss, satin and matt option. Magazines use a pretty light stock, so your weight would be no more than 200 gsm.
If you want that super waxy/gloss finish you can either get the printer to print a gloss varnish as a fifth colour while printing - some call it a machine varnish or a wet-on-wet varnish as you don't wait for the colour-inks to dry before varnishing. Otherwise you'll want to gloss celloglaze (thin clear laminate) the cover - but that's pretty expensive. Ask your printer for samples.
Seeing as you've done the artwork in Indesign, make sure anything bleeding (art that runs off the edge of paper - as if you've printed up to the edge) goes off the page by about 3mm. the printer will ensure enough extra art is printed so when trimmed, there's no ugly white gaps - and when you make a PDF, the application simply trims the art to the edge of the page.
Is the book going to bound with front/back covers joining with a spine (like one of those ugly trader magazines) or stapled (see any recent Macworld)? You have to allow for spine width. Either way, set up covers (inside and out) as if they were flat sheets of paper. Do the inside pages (first right-hand page inside the cover is page 1) in separate document. Don't layout the text as if it's flat - 1 page in the file should be 1 page in the printed item. Doing them a spreads makes more work for pre-press room pl us your PDFs are the then too wide to read onscreen.
you should do a few searches for "DIY print publishing australia" or "self publishing australia" or visit places like <www.fastbooks.com.au/selfpubfb.html> plus writer's organistions might be able to help: <www.nswwriterscentre.org.au>. Some printers also have online helpful info.
hope this what you're after?
Charles.
|
|
|
| | Subject | Poster | Date |
|---|
 |
Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
SW20R | Thu, 02 October 2003 11:14 |
|
Re: Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
ae86drift | Thu, 02 October 2003 12:50 |
|
Re: Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
SW20R | Thu, 02 October 2003 14:28 |
|
Re: Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
thechuckster | Thu, 02 October 2003 13:18 |
|
Re: Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
Caledwvech | Fri, 03 October 2003 00:42 |
|
Re: Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
Alchemist | Fri, 03 October 2003 08:16 |
|
Re: Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
thug_immortal | Sat, 04 October 2003 05:26 |
|
Re: Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
SW20R | Sat, 04 October 2003 13:57 |
|
Re: Print - Any graphic, dtp, print designers here? / Toymods reference Idea
|
thug_immortal | Sun, 05 October 2003 03:56 |
| Current Time:
Mon Jul 28 02:12:05 UTC 2025 |
Total time taken to generate the page: 0.0037879943847656 seconds |
