Saturday, 21 January 2017

Visual Narratives - Final Book

I did not initially think I would be able to finish my book in time to print it in the digital print facilities so did not book a slot in case I couldn't make it and then somebody else couldn't either because I had taken up a space. I wasn't planning anything particularly fancy anyway so though I could probably get away with just printing it on the 120 gsm printer paper in the computer room. 
However, unfortunately, despite making sure I was working with the images in the CMYK colour format, the colours green and red I had been using did not print particularly well. Also, because the pages are printed double sided, the images in my book are largely blocks of bold colour, and the paper was not thick, images showed through to the other side of whatever page they were on. I did not expect the coours to be an issue so that was a little bit of a surprise, but, the other problem I think I probably could have anticipated.
Anyway, I have booked a slot in digital print for Monday morning so I can print onto paper which is thick enough to stop the colours showing through. I also would like to print onto a matt paper with a slight grain, as I think this would accentuate to good effect the flatness and boldness of the shapes in my images.  
I can also use the more accurate binding tools available in digital print so the whole book will be put together a little better than if I had just done it myself with the long arm stapler.         

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