Print Talk

May 5, 2017

Raised spot UV with foil

This short-run book cover started with an Indigo-printed cover with overall matte lamination. Superior Bindery then applied a silver foil directly over a raised spot gloss UV on the text areas, creating a raised effect without registration issues.

This technique has good resolution, does not show through to the inside covers like a traditional emboss or deboss, and does not require a die.

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May 4, 2017

Holographic foil

This book cover has blind debossing for the text overlayed with an holographic foil, giving it a three dimensional shimmering effect. Endpapers (pictured at bottom) have die cut holes. Book design by Miko McGinty Inc.

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May 1, 2017

Printing on book cloth

This cover shows HUV printing on Holliston book cloth, along with a foil stamp and edge staining. The quality of the ink over the cloth is crisp and bright. Book design by Jenny Chan (Jack Design).

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April 19, 2017

Luxeboard for softcover books

Testing Holliston’s Luxeboard as a nice alternative for perfect bind book covers. Luxeboard is a printable cloth mounted over paper and has the feel and durability of a hardcover book, for much less expense.

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April 10, 2017

Silver gilding

The edges of this book were gilded for us by New Hampshire Bindery. From their website: “Gilding – A process where each edge of a book is sanded and polished; then a thin film of gold or silver foil is transferred onto them with a heated silicon rubber roll. Gilding protects pages from the natural oils of the human hand.”

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February 17, 2017

Hand sewn binding

This stab binding was done by our designer Christyann, who is also a craft and custom greeting card expert.

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