Updated on September 10, 2024
Many people will be curious how books are printed? The following is a detailed introduction to the process of book printing.
Plate making
Plate making is called making printing plates. Just like photos need negatives, China book printing also need bottom plates. There are many ways to make plates, but with the development of society, the most commonly used are screen plates, photo plates, electronic plates and so on. Electronic plate making uses the principle of photoelectric conversion to separate colors.
Imposition
Imposition is similar to a jigsaw puzzle, and the manuscript is assembled into a complete layout according to certain requirements. Just like a newspaper, this column and that column make up a complete newspaper page. The imposition is divided into two ways, one is called the wheel version, and the other is called the set version.
Folding
This is to fold the printed paper according to the number of openings. Folding is the simplest process in book printing process. The folded pages are called “folding stickers”, and the marks on the folded stickers are called “folding labels”. In this way, the approximate shape of a book comes out.
Printing
Printing is to print the manuscript we have made by machine to form printed matter.
Proofreading
This is an important step in the book printing process. Without this step, our favorable impression of books will be greatly reduced. Just imagine, who would buy a lot of books that are wrong and affect the viewing effect? Therefore, this step of proofreading is very important. It can find out the errors and flaws in the typesetting, and implement them according to the requirements, so that it can be more standardized, which ensures the quality of the books and let us see beautiful books.
Binding
This step is the last step in the formation of the book. The book that has not been bound is just a piece of paper with words and is messy. There are many kinds of binding methods, such as side stitching, sewing binding, perfect binding, etc. Most of the books choose sewing binding, especially hardcover book printing, so that the books are not easy to fall apart.
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