Before the finished manuscript is edited and processed before leaving the factory, it needs to be designed by the designer. The designer must design according to the content, nature, total amount of pictures and texts, and readers of the book. According to the principles of practicality, beauty, and economy, design a book that is popular with readers. The relationship between practicality, beauty and economy is both unified and contradictory, and designers need to deal with them comprehensively according to the characteristics of the book. The cost of books is an important factor in the competition in the book market and is of concern to the publishing sector. Now let's talk about how to reduce the cost of books from the perspective of binding design.
In order to reduce the cost of books, designers need to be familiar with the types, specifications, performance and prices of paper materials, the calculation methods of book costs and labor costs, printing process technology and operating processes, so as to correctly select the specific book conditions, which reduces both The cost is also coordinated with the practical and beautiful requirements.
1. Choose a reasonable format to reduce book costs
If the format selection is not reasonable, the margin will increase and the effective area of ​​paper will decrease. Books with a lot of short lines, such as a collection of poems in a horizontal format, use a 32 format, with a lot of blanks in the incisions and stapling, and more paper. If you use a long and narrow 36 format, you can save paper. If the format is too small, the number of folds and the loss of light edge material are also greater. In order to facilitate printing and printing, try to use less or less irregular format, which can reduce the cost of printing.
2. Determine the binding form, and make a reasonable layout design
Commonly used book binding forms include saddle stitching, flat binding, cable binding, and glue binding. The saddle stitching, cable binding and glue binding can be designed to make the left and right version of the center larger. If it is a flat binding form, the left and right version of the center should be relatively small, because the binding of the flat binding book takes about 5mm.
When designing a text draft, the size of the body text, the density of the lines, the width of the space around the head, the occupation of the title and the blank line, etc. are all related to the cost of the book. If a book is an ordinary 32-page version, the original design is a horizontal row of 5 characters, each side is lined with 26 characters × 25 lines = 650 words, there are 5/8 lines between the lines, a total of 240,000 words, a total of 370 pages need to be arranged; The arrangement is 26 words × 27 lines = 702 words, and there is 1/2 space between the lines. Only 342 sides need to be arranged; the difference between the two specifications is 28 sides. In all aspects such as number of pages, paper, and binding, we may reduce the cost of books. Here, it does not mean that the layout is as dense as possible. For example, children ’s books, the words should not be too small, and the line spacing should not be too narrow; it means that the paper materials should be saved as much as possible to reduce Book cost. Another example is that some books with more chapters, such as each chapter are arranged on separate pages, or on the other side, or in the form of joint arrangement, the amount of paper used here and printing costs are also very different. Therefore, in the layout design, we should consider the nature and content of the book and meet the needs of readers, and also consider the problem of reducing the cost of the book.
When designing artwork for an album, enlarge or reduce it according to the size of the format and the requirements of the artwork, and determine the length and width of the artwork. In the design, the layout designer must understand the base of the size range specified by the lithographic photo-separation plate-making in the book printing standard. Such as 40 open, 14cm × 16cm; 20 open, 20cm × 22cm; 12 open, 27cm × 27cm and so on. For example: A color picture book is a large 16 format, because the designer does not understand the base of the size range stipulated in the lithographic photo-separation platemaking in the printing cost standard, designed 40 pictures of 17cm × 22.5cm, and 60 of 13cm × 16.5cm The size is beyond the size range specified by the lithographic photochromic platemaking in the labor price standard. The base point is 40K and 20K. The length and width are a small point, and an additional plate making fee of about 4,000 yuan is required. Therefore, designers should understand the printing standard of books and periodicals, and carefully design them to reduce the cost of books without affecting the quality and effect of artwork.
3. Reasonably determine the cover size and reduce book cost
When designing the cover, the design should be based on the size of the finished book, the thickness of the spine, and the size of the mouth. When designing the size of the bezel, it is generally possible to make the bezel slightly larger without wasting paper for printing, and most of them are more than 30mm. However, some cover designers do not understand the paper specifications, opening number and performance of the printing machine. When designing the cover, they do not randomly fix the size of the mouth according to the opening number of the paper. After making the plate, they often do not meet the opening requirements of the paper specifications and cause waste. Now, most book covers need to be covered after printing, which increases the cost of the cover.
For example, a set of books is divided into upper and lower volumes, which are 850 × 1168 large and 32 open books. Each of the upper and lower volumes is about 600 sides. It is printed on 52g / m2 paper and the spine thickness is 22mm. Each printed 20,000, the cover is printed after the cover. Because the designer does not know the paper size opening, the design mouth is 65mm. Such a large mouth needs to be printed on 787 × 1092 1/6 paper. It can be printed on 787 × 1092 1/8 paper. The printing costs, paper and lamination costs of the two actually differ by about RMB 4,000. It can be seen that when designing the cover, the designer should understand the paper specifications and the number of openings. When designing the cover, try to reduce the cost of the book and avoid unnecessary economic losses.
Some covers and front and back ring designs are relatively simple, only a few spot colors are printed, and the printing volume is not large. You can consider making copper-zinc plates during plate making. The printing can be printed with a plate machine. Because the plate printing is a single small sheet printing, it can be used. Flowers bloom, and can also be cut into small sheets for printing. This can improve the utilization rate of paper, and the cost of plate-making printing can also be reduced.
4. Reasonably choose binding materials to reduce book cost
When choosing materials for hardcover covers, you should control the use of leather, cotton, hemp, silk, wool and other fabrics. Use tough paper, lacquered paper or varnished cloth as much as possible. Except for special needs, try to avoid the use of real gold foil. Hot stamping materials can be replaced with anodized aluminum, color film, etc. to reduce book costs.
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