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Expertise
printing and binding books. I wrote a book on this subject in 1995 (it is still in print) and am in the process of writing another. I use a scanner, Hewlett-Packard model 8100 laser printer, Xerox copier, etc to print books (and other items), and do most of the binding with adhesives (cold and hot), rather than sewing.
What do you like about this subject?
I enjoy meeting people and helping them to publish the things they are writing. Since I am retired, I refuse to print and bind more than fifty copies personally, though I can steer folks to other publishers who can handle any number of copies. I have published genealogies, autobiographies, poetry, travelogues, philosophy, and adventures.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
I am always learning new ways of printing and binding, though I have been doing this type of work since I was fourteen (many years ago).
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
Some people denigrate adhesive-bound books, partly because some people call such books "Perfect" Bound. Of course, no method of binding is perfect, but ninety percent of the books published today are adhesive bound. There are good reasons why adhesive binding is so popular.
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Recent Answers from Rupert Evans
2009-11-21 Help printing my book:
Format/Page/Page Layout/Letter Size/Landscape/Divide Page/2 columns/one row This is a common sequence which leads to printing two pages on one side of a sheet. This will allow you to view both pages at
2009-11-20 Help printing my book:
After you have inserted the text tell your software program to tell your printer to "print on both sides, to "divide the page" and to "print as a booklet." This will produce the pages in proper sequence
2009-11-19 DB-250:
Someone may be putting out incorrect information. I have never owned a Duplo 250 perfect binder, but it is true that I have given up on inexpensive binding machines which use melted glue as the binding
2009-11-19 Unbindng a Hard Cover:
Get access to a guillotine paper cutter, of the type which can cut a ream or more of paper at one time. Every quick printer and almost every book binder has one. Use it to cut off the spine of the book
2009-11-11 Cutting of hard covers:
The cover (boards plus cloth) will cut easily, though the boards will dull the cutter knife a bit more rapidly than paper will. Get two knives with your guillotine so that you can continue cutting while
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