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Why is Communication Important?

The History of Communication

Producing Visual Images

Printing Processes

Binding & Finishing

Segments of the Industry

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Binding and Finishing

When a customer's job has been printed, it is moved to the bindery area when collating, padding, folding, trimming, or other steps are needed to finish the project. Equipment can be available for most of these functions depending upon the resources available to the shop. Each piece of equipment has safety concerns, costs, and operating requirements that will impact the final cost of any job.

The high school print shop has versions of most of this equipment, and will use it as necessary.

When the job is completed and ready for the customer it must be packaged, or wrapped. The visual appearance of the package is important to the clients' opinion of our work. If the work is well-executed, but wrapped in a hap-hazard manner, the clients' first impression will be that they can expect that at every step of our work. If the packaging is neat and professional, the client will feel secure that the more difficult aspects will also be handled in a similar manner.

Packaging also must take into consideration the weight and size of the item. If too much is packed into a box, the box can split, or the box can be too heavy or bulky to be carried easily. Paper is very heavy and finished work will be handled multiple times before reaching its intended audience, therefore care should be taken to observe the guidelines printed on the bottom of most boxes, indicating the weight limit to be accommodated.

Binding Methods