Binding, Finishing & Mailing: The Final Word [Hardcover]

T. J. Tedesco (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0883622327 | ISBN-13: 978-0883622322

Binding, Finishing & Mailing: The Final Word will take readers through a comprehensive exploration of the world of binding and finishing. Most major binding and finishing processes will be discussed within the context of the entire postpress industry so that printing professionals can make useful recommendations to their customers. The minutia of each process will also be examined, so readers can more effectively manage their postpress projects. Chapter titles:
Ch. 1

Postpress Knowledge Increases Printing Sales
Ch. 2

Bindery at the Dawn of a New Millenium
Ch. 3

Rapidly Changing Postpress Technology
Ch. 4

Fine Lines Of Communication
Ch. 5

Planning Imposition
Ch. 6

Preflight In The Bindery
Ch. 7

Designers And Finishers Should Talk
Section 2 - In The Bindery
Ch. 8

Binding Overview
Ch. 9

Folding
Ch. 10

Perfect Binding - Part 1
Ch. 11

Perfect Binding - Part 2
Ch. 12

Lay-flat Adhesive Binding
Ch. 13

Adhesive Binding: Glues and Testing
Ch. 14

Saddle Stitching
Ch. 15

On Demand Booklet Binding
Ch. 16

Mechanical Binding
Ch. 17

Case Binding
Ch. 18

Gluing
Ch. 19

Remoist Gluing
Ch. 20

Loose-Leaf Ring Binders
Section 3 - Finishing
Ch. 21

UV and Press-Applied Coatings
Ch. 22

Die Cutting
Ch. 23

Die Cutting
Ch. 24

Embossing And Debossing
Ch. 25

Foil Stamping
Ch. 26

Laminating
Ch. 27

Tabs and Indexes
Ch. 28

POPs
Ch. 29

Polybagging
Ch. 30

Prevent Transit Marking
Section 4 - Mailing
Ch. 31

Mailing
Ch. 32

Data Management
Ch. 33

Inkjetting
Ch. 34

Continuous Laser Printing
Ch. 35

Commingling
Ch. 36

Drop Shipping
Ch. 37

Fulfillment
Section 5 - Graphic Arts Management
Ch. 38

Quality Control
Ch. 39

ISO 9000
Ch. 40

Manage Growth
Ch. 41

Manage Growth In Small Companies
Ch. 42

Vertical Integration
Ch. 43

Speed Up Outsourcing
Ch. 44

Finding And Keeping Good Employees
Ch. 45

Dealing With Mistakes
Ch. 46

Relocating A Business
Ch. 47

Changing Corporate Identity
Section 6 - Graphic Arts Sales & Marketing
Ch. 48

Customer Nurturing Will Grow Your Business
Ch. 49

Ten Sales Tips To Win "Top Of Mind" Positioning
Ch. 50

Low Cost "Shotgun" Marketing Vehicles
Ch. 51

Low Cost "Rifle" Marketing Vehicles
Ch, 52

Avoid Seasonal Slumps

Editorial Reviews

Review

A valuable resourse about this critical segment of the printing process. It provides practical and concise explanations and recommendations about binding and finishing. I highly recommend this book. - -- Don Dunham, Executive Director, Binding Industries of America

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Explore today's Binding, Finishing, and Mailing industries... Designed to help printing professionals make useful recommendations to their customers, this book takes readers through a comprehensive exploration of this changing process. It provides practical and concise explanations helpful to people performing a variety of functions at graphic arts companies: owners and top managers, printing company customer service professionals, estimators, production managers, graphic designers, bindery employees. Despite the critical importance of the final stage in the printing process, binding and finishing operations have remained the least understood and unfortunately have rarely been considered when jobs are planned and quoted...until now.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: Graphic Arts Technical Fndtn (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883622327
• ISBN-13: 978-0883622322
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,386,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

T.J. Tedesco (b. 1961) is the founder and team leader of Grow Sales, Inc., a marketing, public relations and web design services company established in 1996. GSI serves the sales growth needs of small and mid-size companies in several industries, but healthcare IT and commercial printing are particularly strong niches.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Binderies Wide Shut, September 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Binding, Finishing & Mailing: The Final Word (Hardcover)

Fewer mistakes are run if customers know printer's marks and have a printing industry expert do a 2-30 minute preflight with a folding dummy, sample book, and press sheets ruled for trim, final size, perforation, scoring and folding. Author T.J. Tedesco refers adhesive, case, mechanical, ring or saddle stitch binding choices to customer budget, design and marketing decisions. He ranks shipping covers from the most protective laminating to the least protective dry trap varnish, for commingling many zipcodes into one mail stream, drop shipping closest to final destination with biggest postal savings and fastest delivery, or fulfillment with full-service storage and direct distribution.

The closing sections cover growth in the printing industry. But the final chapters also help customers and professionals outside the shop to recognize a good print business following ISO 9000 certified quality assurance standards for manufacturing and service; holding customer advisory boards, holiday gift programs, on-site universities, and tours with posted on-time delivery percentages and with well-placed sample bins; keeping accurate customer activity records, user-friendly invoices, and standard business letter books; nurturing good employees and profits; writing regular press releases and customer trade publication articles. So BINDING, FINISHING, AND MAILING: THE FINAL WORD, with its helpful glossary and index, makes for complete print shop reading along with Richard M. Adams II's COMPUTER-TO-PLATE: AUTOMATING THE PRINT INDUSTRY, Mark Beach's GETTING IT PRINTED, John E. Cogoli's PHOTO-OFFSET FUNDAMENTALS, J. Page Crouch's FLEXOGRAPHY PRIMER, Phil Green's QUALITY CONTROL FOR PRINT BUYERS, LARRY HUNT'S KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL QUICK PRINTING, Samuel Ingram's and Babette Magee's SCREENPRINTING primers, Cheryl Kasunich's GRAVURE PRIMER, John MacPhee's FUNDAMENTALS OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING, and Lawrence Wilson's WHAT THE PRINTER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PAPER.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough details, October 8, 2001

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"pattiel" (Hatboro, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Binding, Finishing & Mailing: The Final Word (Hardcover)

I guess I was looking for more details on the whole process. Some chapters were only 2 or 3 pages long. I guess the authors did not deem it necessary to go into much details on those topics.

For the price of this book, and if you are looking for more than a few sentances here and there on the topics, I would suggest getting a book on that specific subject. I think they tried to cover too much material in one book and it really didn't give me enough information. I should have returned it.