Book Production
Short Run Books
Thanks to our on-demand production facility, your quantity can be as small as one book. And with our investments in state-of-the-art prepress, printing, and quality control technologies, we will produce your books with industry leading quality and precision.
Fold Out Pages and Index Tabs
With the ability to produce all aspects of your book in-house and on time, you will be amazed at the options that are available for your books. From foldout covers to spot UV and other embellishments, we will help you bring your creative vision to life.
Variable Data Printing
Combined with our on-demand presses, our variable data printing solutions will allow you to deliver personalized books to your customers. Print personalized books with unique names, messaging and images to personally involve your readers in your message.
Multi-Page and Custom Book Cover Finishing
With a maximum sheet size of 20.1 x 29 inches and stock thickness up to 18 pt., your imagination is the only limit to your next book project.
Through the use of 5th Color printing technologies, digital foiling, and specialty coatings, Business Printing can provide the "pop" that your book covers have been missing. Our experience with specialty finishing and bindery techniques in conjunction with our knowledgeable prepress staff will help you deliver books that stand out from the crowd.
Our Print Capabilities
Digital proofs can only tell you so much about how your order will turn out. We’ve created the Perfect ProofTM to ensure that you know what you’re getting.
Maximum Sizing
Currently, ProPrint can print up to 20.1 x 29 inches including 1/8 inch of bleed. If your document includes bleed, the maximum finished size is 19.75 x 28.5 inches.
Cover Options
ProPrint offers 4 and 6-panel fold out cover options for book production.
Paper Types
ProPrint offers a wide variety of high quality coated and uncoated papers in both text weight and cover weight grades.
Coated papers have a coating applied to their surface that restricts and controls how the paper absorbs ink. Uncoated papers have no coating, which allows them to completely absorb ink. Uncoated papers are perfect for writing.
American papers are graded in terms of how they are commonly used. Text weight paper is lightweight paper commonly used for reading and writing, whereas cover weight paper is heavy cardstock commonly used for book covers.
Uncoated
Uncoated papers have no coating, which makes them perfect for writing. Offered in 60#, 80#, 10 pt., 14 pt., and 18 pt.
Great for :
- Flyers
- Letterhead
- Booklets
Gloss
Gloss papers have a smooth coated surface that is slightly reflective. Additional coatings such as matte and high gloss can be applied. Offered in 80# and 100#.
Great for :
- Booklets
- Sales Sheets
- Binder inserts
C1S Cover
C1S Cover is coated on one side. The coated side features a smooth surface while the uncoated side features an uncoated, writable surface. Offered in 10 pt., 14 pt., and 18 pt.
Great for :
- Postcards
- Business Cards
- Door Hangers
C2S Cover
C2S Cover has a smooth coated surface on both sides. Offered in 10 pt., 14 pt., and 18 pt.
Great for :
- Book Covers
- Business Cards
- Packaging.
Binding Types
Saddle Stitching uses staples to cinch sheets of the paper in their center, creating a spine. It is the most simple and affordable of our binding options. Note that due to the staple being perpendicular to the pages, saddle stitch booklets do not fold flat.
Square Back Saddle Stitching is identical to saddle stitching, but an additional step is added to flatten the spine of the book, creating a more polished look. Square back saddle stitching is an aesthetic equivalent to perfect binding that comes as a significantly lower cost.
Perfect Binding is achieved by applying glue to the interior of a book's spine to bind the pages together. The finished product is a durable, elegant, flat spined book.
Perfect Binding is best applied on books over 100 pages (50 sheets), as shorter documents can cause the adhesive to pool and bubble in the spine, resulting in a far-from-ideal finish. Catalogs, publications, presentations, and magazines are excellent candidates for perfect binding.
PUR (or Polyurethane Reactive) perfect binding is the slightly more expensive, yet durable option of our perfect binding offerings. Unlike our other option, EVA, PUR is a permanent adhesive that cannot be reheated and reapplied. PUR is also significantly more durable and flexible than EVA.
Coil, or Spiral, Binding is a punch-and-bind process that utilizes a plastic spiral to bind pages of a document together.
Wire-O binding is also a punch-and-bind process, however it uses a metal, twin looped metal wire to bind pages together. Wire-O binding has a more polished look than coil/spiral binding but, due to the spine's metal construction, is more prone to damage due to bending.
Coatings and Finishes
Make your project stand out with effects, finishes and print techniques to create a customized look and feel.
UV Coatings
UV flood coatings are a liquid-based, protectant coating. They are abrasion and rub-resistant, unlike their aqueous counterparts.
We offer the following UV flood coatings:
- High Gloss
- Soft Touch
- Matte
Dimensional Coatings
Add life and tactile interest to your prints with dimensional coatings.
Choose from the below dimensional textures:
- Linen Spot/Flood
- Pebble-tech Spot/Flood
- Spot Dimensional
- Spot Clear
5th Color
Go beyond CMYK by adding 5th Color elements to your printing.
Choose from the below spot finishing options:
- White ink
- Metallic ink
- Gold ink
Embossing and Debossing
Add dimension (literally) to your prints with embossing (raised) and debossing (pressed).
Foil
Shine bright with the use of silver, gold, red, or green foil. Use it to add emphasis or design interest to your piece.
Die Cutting
Give your packaging and print pieces an even more custom look, from simple to extremely complex.
