Case Laminate Binding

The edges are wrapped around to the inside and glued down.

Case laminate binding.

Case bound books with fewer than 60 pages are expertly hand assembled while those with higher page counts are assembled by machine. Manuals and reference books where a jacket is unecessary and cumbersome. Perfect binding uses a soft cover usually made of heavy paper that wraps around the pages and is glued in place along the spine. Other uses for casewraps.

Case binding also called hardcover binding gets its name from the hard outside case used to cover books. Hardcover books are bound differently than softcover books and can encompass different types of paper. The first step in the case binding process is thread sewing in which printed signatures are stitched together by means of a needle and thread. During the title setup process when choosing your print format select the jacketed case laminate option underneath the hardcover binding type shown in the image below.

If this option does not appear it is not available for the. If this option does not appear it is not available for the trim size selected. Saddle stitch pages and paperback cover stapled together along spine one inside the other 48 pages max and premium color only case laminate pages glued to hardcover at ends. In the last few years more and more books are showing up with cl bindings.

Each printer has their own standard materials they use for binders board casewraps cloth for binding. Traditionally case laminate cl binding has been a trademark of academic bindings books that are subject to much use and are frequently discarded as new editions appear. Case binding uses a heavy covered board cover that is attached to the book with glued endpapers. During the title setup process when choosing your print format select the jacketed case laminate option underneath the hardcover binding type shown in the image below.

Book binding perfect bound pages and paperback cover glued together at spine. Side sewing passes the thread from signature to signature through the side of the book the stitches running parallel to the binding edge. Other uses for casewraps. This type of binding is common where dust jackets are impractical.