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Color Book Printing
The days of long press runs of expensive color printing are over. With BookMobile’s digital color presses, crisp, full-color books are beautiful, quick to produce, and very affordable. Your graphics, photographs and illustrations will pop off the page!
Illustrated books, children’s books, graphic novels and promotional samplers all look great! Four color blads dress up galleys and advance readers’ copies, drawing extra attention.
Get a quote and let us show you how good we can be. |
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Color Book Printing Specifications
GENERAL
| Quantities |
10 to 500 paperback,
10 to 500 hardcover |
| Min. page size |
3.00 x 4.00 inches |
| Max. page size |
11.625 x 11.625 inches |
| Min. pages* |
16 |
| Max. spine width |
2.40 inches |
| *Maximum pages depends on paper chosen. |
TEXT PAGES
Printing color: four-color process
Paper stock: 80-lb gloss or matte, coated
Bleeds*: none, no image within 3/8" of trim
Halftones: 175 lpi
Resolution: 2400 dpi
Electronic file storage: all titles are archived on our system for reprints
* Bleeds available on special request
COVERS
Paperbacks
Printing colors: 4c process
Total ink coverage: Black - 100, Cyan - 30, Magenta - 20, Yellow - 20, (Max densities of black values.)
Paper stock: 10 or 12 point coated one side
Coating: gloss or matte layflat lamination (shrinkwrapping recommended for matte)
Bleeds: full bleeds (1/8" bleed must be included in file, no type or borders within 3/16" of edges)
Resolution: 600-2400 dpi
Dustjackets or Casewraps
Printing colors: four-color process
Total ink coverage: Black - 100, Cyan - 30, Magenta - 20, Yellow - 20, (Max densities of black values.)
Coating: gloss or matte layflat lamination (shrinkwrapping recommended for matte)
Bleeds: full bleeds (1/8" bleed must be included in file, no type or borders within 3/16" of edges)
Resolution: 600-2400 dpi
Paper Stock: 80 or 100-lb text for dust jacket and case wrap
BINDING AND PACKING
Paperbacks:
Binding: Perfect bind and trim three sides
Plastic spiral or Wire-O binding: Minimum run 100 copies, maximum spine of 1.125 inches
Packing: Packed in double-wall cartons
Shrinkwrapping: Optional
Hardcovers:
Sizes: 3 standard sizes 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 6 x 9, 8.5 x 11 (Custom sizes available on request)
Book blocks: Perfect bound (fan binding optional)
End sheets: 80-lb. end sheets in natural or white (printed end sheets optional)
Spine: Square Spine with foil stamp (1.5" x 8" max image area) on 1 color Rainbow case
(additional foil stamp optional)
Headbands: Standard
Dust jackets: Dust Jackets with gloss or matte lay-flat lamination (optional)
Case wraps: Four-Color Case wraps (gloss lamination) (optional)
