Book Binding Archives

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

REPORT: PRINT UNITED 2022

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 MSL 391 Views

Print United 2022 was last week and the show was a huge success! It was amazing how busy the Las Vegas Convention Center was. This felt like a trade show from the 1990s.

Book Binding Digital Printing Feeding Paper New Equipment Paper Cutting Print Finishing Slitter/Cutter/Creasers

Horizon SmartSlitter Sheet Cutter & Creaser

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Steven Barrett 449 Views

The Horizon SmartSlitter is a quality finishing process for digitally printed sheets that performs various finishing styles in a single pass including cutting, creasing and perforating.

Book Binding Creasing & Folding Digital Printing New Equipment Paper Folding Print Finishing Products

Horizon CRF-362: Creasing & Folding For Heavier Sheets In One Pass

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Steven Barrett 376 ViewsCRF

The Horizon CRF-362 Creaser/Folder has been designed to handle the unique requirements of creasing and folding digital color output.

Book Binding Coating & Laminating Digital Printing New Equipment Print Finishing

Foliant Single Sided Laminators

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 Steven Barrett 415 Views

The Foliant product line of laminators is an excellent companion for book publishers. The Vega laminators are perfect for single sided lamination of book covers. This leaves the interior of the cover exposed and ready for book binding glue.

Book Binding Cutting Paper Cutting Print Finishing Products

Challenge Machinery CMT Series

July 18, 2022July 19, 2022 Steven Barrett 496 ViewsChallenge, Challenge Machinery, CMT-331

The CMT Series of book trimmers is a well known line of quality book trimming equipment that is used by the largest book retailer in the USA.

Book Binding Digital Printing New Equipment Print Finishing Products Tips & Advice

Horizon HOF-400 High Output Feeder

July 14, 2022July 18, 2022 Steven Barrett 489 Viewscollating, hof-400, Horizon, precollated sets, saddlestitching

The HOF-400 is a powerful piece of machinery. HOF stands for High Output Feeder and this machine is a feeder module. It is compatible with a wide variety of Horizon finishing equipment. Basically, it allows for the use of precollated sets with high end automated finishing equipment? Why does this matter? What’s the point? Read on to find out!

Book Binding Digital Printing Feeding Paper Mailing Paper Cutting Paper Drilling Paper Folding Tips & Advice

11 Tips for Better Paper Handling

July 12, 2022July 18, 2022 Steven Barrett 411 Viewsgrain direction, humidity, paper handling, paper loading

The paper handling tips in this list should help you in a variety of ways. We can get the most out of the paper we have, generate less waste, and head off a host of problems long before they appear.

Mailing New Equipment Print Finishing Tabletop & Office Equipment

All About Envelope Inserters

July 5, 2022July 18, 2022 Steven Barrett 319 Viewsenvelope, formax, inserter

“It’s just a few envelopes we’ll stuff them by hand!” … then 8 hours later you’re questioning your life decisions. That’s how most envelope stuffing jobs seem to go.

Book Binding Print Finishing

The 2022 StitchLiner Concept

June 28, 2022July 18, 2022 Steven Barrett 322 ViewsHorizon, Print Finishing, Standard

Mix and match collated and uncollated work from offset and digital departments. By replacing folding with cutting this method of bookletmaking leaves old-fashioned saddlestitchers in the dust

Book Binding Cutting Paper Cutting Print Finishing Products Vendor News

Perfecta SDY-TS Three Knife Book Trimmer

January 24, 2022July 18, 2022 Steven Barrett 385 ViewsBaumman, Perfecta, SDY-TS

Perfecta has come out with their new three-knife book trimmer. This machine is a new entry into the market of three-knife trimmers that MSL offers. Book manufacturers know that trimming can quickly become a bottleneck after investing in a new binder.