Comments on: Q&A: I need to know how to print and bind a book at home.? http://bindingmachinesguide.com/483/qa-i-need-to-know-how-to-print-and-bind-a-book-at-home/ Tips For Beginner How To Select And Buy A Binding Machine Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:51:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Frootbat31 http://bindingmachinesguide.com/483/qa-i-need-to-know-how-to-print-and-bind-a-book-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-4155 Frootbat31 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:00:43 +0000 http://bindingmachinesguide.com/483/qa-i-need-to-know-how-to-print-and-bind-a-book-at-home/#comment-4155 I would suggest using http://www.lulu.com to publish some books. Its free to upload and create the book, then you order as many as you want. Otherwise, I would suggest going to a craft store and see if they have the materials you'll need. I would suggest using http://www.lulu.com to publish some books. Its free to upload and create the book, then you order as many as you want.
Otherwise, I would suggest going to a craft store and see if they have the materials you’ll need.

]]> By: Maryn Bittner http://bindingmachinesguide.com/483/qa-i-need-to-know-how-to-print-and-bind-a-book-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-4154 Maryn Bittner Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:49:11 +0000 http://bindingmachinesguide.com/483/qa-i-need-to-know-how-to-print-and-bind-a-book-at-home/#comment-4154 Bookbinding is taught at Craftster.org (not .com). Our daughter used their tutorial and her very first effort was pretty good, the second one really nice. Printing two-sided is heavily printer dependent. On mine, I change from portrait layout to landscape, setting columns, creating enough white space for binding, then print a page (let's say page 1 and 2). I remove it and turn it over, then print 3 and 4 on the back. This method works only for very short books which can handle individual pages folded in half before binding. Ordinarily, book pages are "booked" (that's where the name comes from), a bunch of pages stitched together and folded in half at the line of stitching, and all the books (sets of stitched pages) bound together and glued to the binding's spine. So what's on the other half of the sheet of page 1 might be page 16 or 20, and on the back of it, page 2 and 17 or 21. Don't overlook someplace like Kinko's doing a binding on full-size pages. Bookbinding is taught at Craftster.org (not .com). Our daughter used their tutorial and her very first effort was pretty good, the second one really nice.

Printing two-sided is heavily printer dependent. On mine, I change from portrait layout to landscape, setting columns, creating enough white space for binding, then print a page (let’s say page 1 and 2). I remove it and turn it over, then print 3 and 4 on the back.

This method works only for very short books which can handle individual pages folded in half before binding. Ordinarily, book pages are “booked” (that’s where the name comes from), a bunch of pages stitched together and folded in half at the line of stitching, and all the books (sets of stitched pages) bound together and glued to the binding’s spine. So what’s on the other half of the sheet of page 1 might be page 16 or 20, and on the back of it, page 2 and 17 or 21.

Don’t overlook someplace like Kinko’s doing a binding on full-size pages.

]]> By: T M http://bindingmachinesguide.com/483/qa-i-need-to-know-how-to-print-and-bind-a-book-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-4153 T M Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:15:14 +0000 http://bindingmachinesguide.com/483/qa-i-need-to-know-how-to-print-and-bind-a-book-at-home/#comment-4153 Home printers don't print on both sides. You'll have to print on one side of the page and then take that paper out and put it through again facing the other way. And you'll need thicker paper than usual if you want to print of both sides because the ink will show through a little bit. If I were you I would just spend a few bucks to have Kinko's bind the book. It will be fast and inexpensive and it will look good too. Check out their binding options, they have a few: http://www.fedex.com/us/officeprint/storesvcs/options.html Home printers don’t print on both sides. You’ll have to print on one side of the page and then take that paper out and put it through again facing the other way. And you’ll need thicker paper than usual if you want to print of both sides because the ink will show through a little bit.

If I were you I would just spend a few bucks to have Kinko’s bind the book. It will be fast and inexpensive and it will look good too. Check out their binding options, they have a few: http://www.fedex.com/us/officeprint/storesvcs/options.html

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