Finishing - Conventional

‘Baby BAUM’ Raises the Bar for Tabletop Folders
January 7, 2011

The new Baumfolder 714XA AutoFold, affectionately nicknamed the “Baby BAUM,” is an automated tabletop folder to be reckoned with. I was pretty surprised at its hi-tech functionality, and its ability to make fast and tidy gatefolds, tri-folds, double parallels and accordions.

Debunking the Gate Fold Myth
December 6, 2010

There’s a nasty old rumor running around that gate folds are the most difficult and expensive folds to produce, generating lots of spoilage and requiring manual labor. The rumor has scared scores of designers into avoiding gate folds like the plague.

As a lover of all things folded, and as someone who has dedicated her career to the topic, I decided it was time to stop gate fold discrimination in its tracks.

Now, being the research-junkie that I am, I called out to some of my industry buddies to confirm what I was quite certain was true

Graph Expo 2010: Binding & Finishing - Pushing Postpress Progress
October 1, 2010

Want an honest, open, unbiased and unfettered report on the quantity and quality of visitors who haunted the binding and finishing booths during Graph Expo earlier this month? Fact of the matter is, no such beast exists. Here are some observations that have two sides to them, and may or may not represent the truth.

Why Is Creasing Important?
June 3, 2010

The goal of the designer and printer is to reproduce a job as close to the original as possible, in any quantity.