Pre-Press and Printing

Trim Sizes, Bulks, and Run Lengths
  • Portrait or landscape formats
  • Minimum size – 3.5” x 5” or 5” x 3.5”
  • Maximum size – up to 20” x 24” or 24” x 20”
  • Minimum bulk – 16 page children’s books, hard case bound
  • Maximum bulk – up to 6.5” spine thickness
  • Run lengths – from 1,000 up to 100,000+
Pre-Press and Printing
  • Digital workflow (CTP, computer-to-plate)
  • Digital proofing
  • Scanning
  • Archiving and file management
  • 4 - 8 Color printing, sheet-fed and web
  • ‘Stochastic’ screens
  • Spot UV coating
    Aqueous flood coating
  • Print on a variety of substrates from silk to plastic
Bind Styles
  • Smythe sewn (hard case bound or paper cover)
  • Notch adhesive (hard case bound or paper cover)
  • Board and pop-up books
  • Saddle stitched/ mechanical (spiral or wiro)
  • Binders with rings
  • Flex-binding (bound like a hard case bound book, but with a soft cover)
  • French-fold flaps / pockets / fold-outs
  • Several lay flat binding style choices
Cover Styles
  • Paper cover with lay flat lamination-gloss or matte
  • Hard case bound cover-printed or cloth
  • Padded covers
  • Soft paper cover with end-sheet (see flex-binding under bind styles)
  • Concealed wire-o
  • Printed plastic (printed in reverse on inside cover to prevent scuffing)
  • ‘Smelted plastic’ (pockets and edges sealed with heat and pressure instead of glue)
  • Wide variety of cover materials from U.S. and abroad are readily available
  • Tip-Ins and CD Envelopes affixed to inside covers
Kings Time Specialties and Fancy Binding
  • Special presentation boxes and slipcases
  • Foil stamping and blind embossing with appliqués
  • Intricate die-cutting
  • Gilding and top-staining
  • Ribbon markers
  • Elastic banding and closures
  • Magnet closures
  • Hand-tied binding
  • Unusual closures, buttons, etc.
  • Combination CD-cards
  • Leticular (3-D) applications
  • Displays
  • Procurement and assembly of non-book items with books
    (pen and pencil sets, greeting cards, CD’s, etc.)
  • Combination CD-card sets
  • Disc replication services and packaging
  • High volume printed gift items
Our clients have published books across a wide range of genres. See a broad variety of samples and specifications on our Gallery page.