Digital BW, The Print

Jeff,

A few points for consideration. We work occasionally with a bookbinder here
in Australia for the production of limited edition artist and photographer's
books, I can tell you that prints for traditional bookbinding need to be
produced in a manner that will meet the bookbinder's requirements.

Firstly, find a traditional bookbinder in your part of the world prior to
producing the  prints. Bookbinders will be quite specific about the page
size, requirements for stitching, direction of paper grain etc. They will
tell you what they need to produce a professional product.

on 20/5/04 10:33 AM, Jeff Moore at wrote:

>> The prints would be created from scanned prints, negatives, and
> original digital files. All the prints would be Piezography BW prints
> on Hahnemuhle PhotoRag paper, 188 gsm, printable on both sides. I
> would like to use 13x19 paper.

I don't know about Hahnemuhle PhotoRag but most papers for quality inkjet
printing are coated on one side only. Have you tried doing double sided
prints on this paper? It may be that you can't achieve consistent results if
it isn't coated on both sides
 
> Here's the kicker: I want to create this in a book-bound form,
> hardback, possibly leather bound or cloth. I DO NOT want either a 3-
> ring binder type, or a regular photo album in which I attach my
> images onto the pages of an album. I want to book-bind my actual
> printed Hahnemuhle pages.

The binder will often specify the direction of the paper grain required to
produce a book, we have often had to cut down oversize sheets to ensure that
the grain runs in the direction required for binding.


> Is there any feasibility to this idea, or am I totally out to lunch?
> Is there a way to get this type binding job done, in such a small
> quantity, at a reasonable price?

I don't know about reasonable cost, traditional bookbinding is a rapidly
diminishing craft and is quite time consuming. However nothing else replaces
it in terms of quality of the final product.

Try to find a suitable bookbinder first and discuss their process and what
you need to do to produce prints that they can work with.

Regards,

Tony Kelly
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Digital Lucida
478-480 Rathdowne Street
Carlton North
Victoria 3054
Australia


http://www.digital-lucida.com.au