I recently did a video about face printed books that are printed by a printer on an offset or digital press. This video describes the process of printing the head and/or face and/or the foot of a finished bound book after the book is bound. The books can be either perfect bound or hard/case bound.
The “printing” is done first by die cutting a “stencil” of a pattern or logo or words. The “stencil” is placed over the area to be printed and the outer surface is either spray painted or the “ink” is applied with a roller. There are literally scores of colours to choose from, the range of patterns and sizes and type fonts are endless. Book “edge painting” is much more expensive than press printing the edge copy or patterns but…edge “printing” is much more precise, detailed, colourful, vivid and memorable than press sheet print “edging.”
What do Ribbons have to do with books? In our shop, we see a lot of Ribbons; they’re used as bookmarks. As you can see from the following three images, Ribbon Bookmarks have widths ranging from 1/4” to 3/4” wide and come in thousands of textures, colours and patterns.
Ribbon Bookmark ends can be angle cut as the image below shows or cut on two angles to produce a pointed end or cut straight.
The image below shows how Ribbon Bookmark colours can match endpapers.
The following three images show multiple coloured Ribbon Booksmarks or patterned Ribbon Bookmarks.
The image below shows Ribbon Bookmarks that are matched to the colour of the staining on the tops, face and bottom of books.
The image below is really a book. Yes, the customer wanted five Ribbon Bookmarks!
Dress your perfect bound, or hard-covered bound book up a little! Add a Ribbon Bookmark. Be creative. Do something different.
Features
- Flexible
- Non-stretching
Benefits
- Adds value to the book
- Distinctive and unique
- Functional … it’s a bookmark!
Factors to Consider
- Same ribbons crease very easily
- Same ribbons can fray at the ends