Printing the Follow? Publication

 


During this project I printed out my publication a number of times to make sure the consistency and flow from page to page was as I wanted it. This image shows the ridiculous amount of times I printed my booklet. I really struggled with getting the print finish right, the page order as it was not a multiple of 12 wouldn't paginate and the designs then needed two additional blank pages. On top of this I had problems with cutting out my designs. When I got the page order right I printed my designs but when cutting the cutter slipped and was not at all aligned.

I subsequently changed my designs to work when printed without any cutting needed, this would if reproducing my work be much less time consuming.


 Binding was another part of the designs I struggled with the binding shown here is not on the edge of the page and this effects the readability of the cover.

 

These images show my final designs, when printed double sided and centered the image still wasn't in line and as you can see here the pink from another page shows through. I tested this many many times but the prints wouldn't work in line, this is something I would definitely improve upon if I could, this takes away from the consistency of the whole publication. For this design I am however very pleased with the binding. The binding worked directly down the middle and the overall finish was excellent.