The Essential Prepress Guide. Helpful Hint 1: When you first set-up a book file in InDesign, make sure that you check ‘Facing Pages’. You can find it by going to File > Document Setup. Helpful Hint 2: The crop marks, bleed marks, and printer's marks are generated when making the PDF, not in the ... Read More about Prepress Guide (Essentials for Book Prep)
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Book Cover Dimensions (for Cover Wrap)
Book Cover Dimensions for Hardcovers. Setup for book cover dimensions, for the cover wrap, in InDesign Book cover dimensions ... we are getting technical here, but find that book cover dimensions are a source of confusion. Let's slog through it together. Hardcover book cover dimensions may ... Read More about Book Cover Dimensions (for Cover Wrap)
Self publishers book printing: Sheetfed press, Web press, Digital output.
Self publishers book printing: Sheetfed press, Web press, Digital output Self publishers book printing is the term we are using to encapsulate the various methods of book printing. First of all, presses (or a digital output device) come in all sizes and capabilities. They are made by different ... Read More about Self publishers book printing: Sheetfed press, Web press, Digital output.
Print on demand publishers & on demand book printing
Here's the scoop on Print on demand publishers & On demand book printing. Are print on demand publishers worth it? Is on demand book printing less expensive? Like many self-publishers you may be confused about what this all means versus printing high-quality books on press ... with Star Print ... Read More about Print on demand publishers & on demand book printing
How to Install Patterns, Layers, Brushes and Gradients
Installing Patterns, Layers, Brushes and Gradients in Photoshop or Illustrator. Patterns, layers, brushes, gradients installation. Star Print Brokers prints books and designs books. This is a quick tutorial to make a book’s design that much more appealing. It may be advanced, so it is for ... Read More about How to Install Patterns, Layers, Brushes and Gradients