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How to reduce the cost of books is the concern of each of our publishing workers. As Chinese printers, should be proficient in plate making, printing technology, book printing cost standards, understand paper specifications and performance and the production capacity of relevant printing plants. In the printing work, according to the production capacity of the printing plant, the plate making and printing process and the selection of paper materials should be arranged reasonably to reduce the cost of books.<br>Every time a book is made, the overall design needs to be carried out by the designer.
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How to reduce printing costs from pre-press printing? Howtoreducethecostofbooksistheconcernofeachofourpublishing workers.AsChineseprinters,shouldbeproficientinplatemaking,printing technology,bookprintingcoststandards,understandpaperspecifications and performance and the production capacity of relevant printing plants. In the printingwork,accordingtotheproductioncapacityoftheprintingplant,the platemakingandprintingprocessandtheselectionofpapermaterialsshould be arranged reasonably to reduce the cost of books. Everytimeabookismade,theoveralldesignneedstobecarriedoutbythe designer.Thedesignermustdesignaccordingtothecontent,nature,total numberofgraphicsandtext,andreaders.Thecostofbooksisanimportant factorinthecompetitioninthebookmarket.Nowlet’stalkabouthowtoreduce the cost of books from the perspective of pre-press printing. 1. Paper opening Iftheformatselectionisunreasonable,themarginswillincreaseandthe effective use area of paper will decrease. Books with more short lines, such as acollectionofpoemsinhorizontalrows,usea32-formatbook,withalotof blanksinthecutandorder,andusemorepaper.Ifyouusealongandnarrow 36format,youcansavepaper.Iftheformatistoosmall,thenumberoffolds and the loss of smooth edge materials will also be greater. In order to facilitate printing,trytoavoidoruselessirregularformat,whichcanreduceprinting costs. 2. Paper materials Papermaterialsaccountforalargeproportionofbookcosts,accountingfor morethan40%.Therefore,therationalselectionofpapermaterialsisan important aspect of reducing the cost of books. Ordinarybooks,suchascompendiums,learningmaterials,literaryandartistic readings,etc.,paperbackscanuse52g/m2(hereinafterreferredtoas52g) letterpress paper, and hardcovers can choose 60g or 70g offset paper.
Songsandchildren'sbookscanuse60gpaperinmonochrome,and80goffsetSongsandchildren'sbookscanuse60gpaperinmonochrome,and80goffset paper in color. Textbooksgenerallyuse49-60gletterpresspaper;forreferencebooks, paperbackbooksuse52gletterpresspaper,hardcoverbookscanchoose40g dictionarypaper,andgeneraltechnicalstandardscanuse80～120goffset paper. To Picturesandpicturealbums,generally80～120goffsetpaperor100～128g coatedpaper;canchooseoffsetpaperorcoatedpaperandweightaccording tothedegreeoffineprintingofthealbum,format.NewYearpicturesand postersgenerallyuse50-80gsingle-sidedoffsetpaper,comicsuse52-50g relief paper, and high-end exquisite small pictures use 256g glass cards. Magazinegenerallyuses52-80gpaper,monochromegenerallyuses60g writing paper or offset paper, and color generally uses 80g double-print paper. Covers,insertsandinterleafpagesofbooksandmagazines:generallyuse 100-150gpaperforcoversupto200pages,120-180gpaperformorethan200 pages;80-150gpaperforinterleafes;interleafpagesaregenerallybetween 80-150g depending on the thickness of the book Optional. Forthesametypeofpaper,theheavierthegram,thehighertheprice.The weightofthetextpaperincreases,andthethicknessofthespinealso thickens.Sometimesitisnecessarytoadjustthegramweightandopening number of the cover paper, which will produce a series of ties. Often increases the cost of paper. Carefullyselectpapermaterials,butdonotcutcorners.Forexample,printing afinerscreenversionwithordinarypaperwillblurthelayout,allineffective, andcausewaste.Anotherexampleisthatnewsprintcanbeusedforordinary reading,whilenewsprintthatiseasytoweathercannotbeusedforbooksthat need to be stored for a long time.
3. The number of pages of the book Whencomposingplates,trytoavoidzeropages.Becauseinadditiontothe maintext,abookhasotherpartssuchasfourenvelopes,titlepage,preface, tableofcontents,copyrightpages,etc.,andeachpartmayusedifferentpaper, sothetotalnumberofpagesofthesamepapertypeismadeupto4.Multiples of is not difficult. 4. Binding form and layout design Commonlyusedbookbindingformsincludesaddlestitching,flatstitching, stitch binding, perfect binding, etc. Saddle stitching, stitch stitching and perfect bindingcanbedesignedtomakethecenterspreadsmaller.Ifitisa flat-stitchedform,thecenterofthecenterspreadshouldberelativelylarge, because the stitching of a flat-stitched book takes about 5mm. ContactusformoreinformationaboutthecostofChineseprinting.Wewill guide you how to reduce your printing cost.
