General 31 Production methods As thesis specialists, we keep a close eye on the latest developments in printing and are keen to have the best. Besides digital production, we also produce using conventional offset technology. Digital printing Characteristics: • Short delivery time. • Easy to order extra copies. • Ideal if you have colour pages. You pay per color page and are not affected by sections, as is the case in offset printing. Offset Printing Characteristics: • The delivery time exceeds that of digital printing by one week. • Favourable for higher print runs. • Colour pages can be expensive, depending on their position and number. This determines the number of sections that have to be printed in colour. Finishing Perfect bind (Soft cover) Separate sheets form a book block, which is roughened in a machine with a cutter. The cover is then bonded to the book block in flexible hot melt. 99% of our books are done this way. Sewn-glued (Hard cover) Sheets are folded into quires, which are sewn together and then glued to the cover. This gives an even stronger bond. This way is much more expensive than the perfect bind method.
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