Dayfold Trip

A very interesting day showing us how magazines and books are printed and bound. Gave us a small snippet of the equipment used and the different materials that it can be printed on and bound with.

We learnt about the different types of paper, for example coated and uncoated, the price difference of the two and how the ink sits on both. Size of paper is not usually A4 but unusual sizes to make the magazine or book more memorable. We were also told to, when getting a job done, proof-reading thoroughly is a must because once signed, it is not the printer’s responsibility if the print job has a typo in it.

We were taught a number of other more technical things, but mainly it was about the different techniques used to print and bind books, which I found extremely interesting. On the down side, I found the costs of printing hugely off-putting.