THE BEST WAY TO PRINT A PHOTOBOOK

 

1.  Offset-litho. This is the traditional way of printing a book. The presses are designed to print in bulk, offering economies of scale. A typical run is 500+ copies. Anything less and the unit book price can become prohibitively high.

 

2. Digital-ink. The majority of photographers I work with want to make short-run, editioned books – typically between 10-150 copies. This number of books requires a short-run press. The one I favour is the industry-leading HP Indigo. It  gives similar looking results on both coated and uncoated stock. Unlike offset-litho, it is cheap to print some loose sheets and make a mock-up, to experience how the final book will look, feel and handle.

 

3. Inkjet. This is for anyone with a desktop printer who wants a simple way to get into making photobooks. The print quality is excellent, but the labour intensive way of printing, especially if it is double-sided, limits the process to one-off or very short run books. The choice of suitable weight inkjet papers is somewhat limited, although there are some exquisite lightweight Japanese papers available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDDIE EPHRAUMS

Envisage Books

tel: +44 7973 720 641

info@envisagebooks.co.uk