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Subject: RE: DOCBOOK: Print books in book format
Hi Lee, Can you make any suggestions as to the needed machinery? We don't need to much automation, say 2-3 books a day will be sufficient. We have very good laser printers at our university and could print the pages and the cover there. The finished product should be a real book and all I managed to find was a real doitallmachine for EUR 150.000 and above or small '~hot melter' machines with plastic covers that can not be printed on. We are negotiating with local publishers at the moment, but don't seem to make to good a deal. It is just to expensive to print a single copy of a book there and drive over and fetch it, then two days later print another two copies. Stephan > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Moore [mailto:moore@wrc.xerox.com] > Sent: Montag, 18. November 2002 19:19 > To: Uten Navn > Cc: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Print books in book format > > > Hi, > > I work in the area of digital book printing and so I might be > able to help you. > > In our experience, the process of creating a physical book > (such as you would find in a bookstore) is best designed by > looking at the steps in reverse order of execution. That is > to say, start with the finished book and work backwards > toward the raw materials. This is a "pull" model rather than > a "push" model. We find that the later steps place > constraints on the earlier steps so designing the work > process in the reverse direction of the data flow allows you > to capture these dependencies. > > If I assume that you want a paperback book ("perfect bound"), > then the > last two steps are: > > 1) do a perfect binding of the book body ("block") to the > wrap-around cover. > > 2) trim the result of above to make the cover and body flush > with each other. > > What steps come before are highly dependent on your binding > process. For example, "signatures" may or may not be necessary. > > I suggest that you interview printers/binderies and > ask them what formats they accept. If you want a wrap-around > cover, I would think about how you are going to do that. You > could use a drawing tool (Adobe Illustrator, etc.). I don't > think there is a DocBook style sheet to do this. > > best of luck to you on your adventure, > > Lee Moore > Xerox Corp. > Rochester, NY USA > > > > >>>Uten Navn said: > > Hi, > > > > Does any one of you docbook writers know how a docbook (or > other document) > > can be printed (on your personal printer) in a traditional > book fashion? > > > I'm looking for a solution where I get the printout > formatted such that the > > pages can be wrapped up like a ordenary book. > > > > Ex: Print two pages on each side (A4 in my case) of the > paper. When the > > pages are printed I could use a stapler, old fashone > thread or something to > > bind the pages. > > > > Any pointers, links or sugestions would be appreciated. > > > > Best Regards > > Staale Flock > > > > >
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