Trim Sizes/ Bulks / Run Lengths

• Portrait or landscape formats
• Minimum size – 3.5” x 5” or 5” x 3.5”
• Maximum size – up to 20” x 24” or 24” x 20”
• Minumum bulk – 16 page children’s books, hard case bound
• Maximum bulk – up to 6.5” spine thickness
• Run lengths – from 1,000 up to 100,000+

Pre-Press and Printing

• Digital workflow (CTP, computer-to-plate)
• Digital proofing
• Scanning
• Archiving and file management
• 4 - 8 Color printing, sheetfed and web
• ‘Stochastic’ screens
• Spot UV coating
• Aqueous flood coating
• Print on a variety of substrates from silk to plastic

Bind Styles

• Smythe sewn (hard case bound or paper cover)
• Notch adhesive (hard case bound or paper cover)
• Board and pop-up books
• Saddle stitched/ mechanical (spiral or wiro)
• Binders with rings
• Flex-binding (bound like a hard case bound book, but with a soft cover)
• French-fold flaps / pockets / fold-outs
• Several lay flat binding style choices

Cover Styles

• Paper cover with lay flat lamination-gloss or matte
• Hard case bound cover-printed or cloth
• Soft paper cover with end-sheet (see flex-binding under bind styles)
• Concealed wire-o
• Printed plastic (printed in reverse on inside cover to prevent scuffing)
• ‘Smelted plastic’ (pockets and edges sealed with heat and pressure instead of glue)
• Wide variety of cover materials from U.S. and abroad are readily available
• Tip-Ins and CD Envelopes affixed to inside covers

Kings Time Specialties and Fancy Binding

• Special presentation boxes and slipcases
• Foil stamping and blind embossing with appliqués
• Intricate die-cutting
• Gilding and top-staining
• Ribbon markers
• Elastic banding and closures
• Magnet closures
• Hand-tied binding
• Unusual closures, buttons, etc.
• Combination CD-cards
• Leticular (3-D) applications
• Padded covers
• Displays
• Procurement and assembly of non-book items with books (pen and pencil sets, greeting cards, CD’s, etc.)
• Combination CD-card sets
• Disc replication services and packaging
• High volume printed gift items

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