Book Printing Terms
Review binding methods and finishing terms used for printed books.
Perfect Binding is a book binding approach, which glues the pages and covers together at the book spine with strong and...
Saddle stitching is a simple bookbinding technique that staples the folded sheets together along the fold line (book spi...
Case binding, also known as hardcover binding, is a bookbinding method that glues or stitches the pages together and the...
Smyth sewing (also called section sewing) stitches page groups (signatures) together with thread to create a strong book...
Die Cutting is a process for the machine with a sharp blade to cut the paper or other printing materials into a specific...
Thermal binding is a process that uses heat-activated glue to bind pages to a cover that was pre-made, and then put it i...
Glue-only binding refers to methods that rely only on adhesive (no sewing) to hold pages together at the spine. The page...
