Embossing

__Embossing__  (binding & finishing)

__What is Embossing?__
In the realm of desktop publishing, finishing is what comes after printing. It's the post-press processing of your print project. Even if you won't handle the finishing personally, knowing what is involved in each step of the finishing processing is vital to helping design and print your project. Choose the right scoring and folding methods. Add the finishing touches to your printing with die cuts or embossing. Bind your pages with coil binding, perfect binding, or other binding techniques and get your printed pieces into the hands of the end user.

Debossed Logo
Embossing is a process that applies pressure to the backside of paper to alter the surface, giving it a three dimensional or raised effect. It is often used in combination with foil stamping. The procedure involves the use of two dies, one fitting into the other so that the raised die forces the paper into the recessed die to create the embossed impression. The die maker engraves the desired image into several metal plates, which are the embossing dies for the embossing press to use. Generally, embossing is the process most used to attract attention or to convey a high quality textural contrast. Also available is debossing, the opposite effect of embossing.

__Types of Embossing__
 * 1) Foil Stamping
 * 2) Die Cutting
 * 3) Coating
 * 4) Laminating

= __What is the difference between binding and finishing?__ =

Binding


**1.** anything that binds or fastens **2.** (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the covering within which the pages of a book are bound **3.** (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) the material or tape used for binding hems, etc Binding is the process of putting the booklet together, whether it may be. Binding is a post-press function, binding considerations need to be dealt with in the prepress phase of any print job. There are many different ways to bind press sheets, and certain bind margin allowances need to be made, which vary by binding type. The correct imposition needs to be determined at this time, as well.

Finishing
In print, **finishing** refers to the process of decorating the outside of a book, including the lettering of the spine and covers, any additional tooling , and any inlays and onlays. Finishing can also include the gilding or other decoration of the edges of the book's pages.

The finishing process is considered early on in the project to make sure that mistakes or bleeding ink can be either cut off or worked around.

The Process of finishing goes as followed:
 * Gutter: is a term used to describe the margins of a signature, specifically the top, bottom, edge, and binding margins.
 * Creep: Due to the paper thickness of the pages contained in a publication, each successive page, beginning with the outer page and working inward, is farther away from the binding the page preceding it.
 * Bleeds: Bleeds refer to printed colors that extend beyond the edge of a page. To accommodate a bleed, the printer must print the bleed area larger than the final trim size. The printed image extending beyond the bleed area is then trimmed off so that the printed area extends to the edge of the sheet.
 * Orientation Marks: Printed on the press sheet to indicate the position in the margins where the sheet is to be trimmed and folded.
 * Folding Dummy: is basically one or more sheets of paper that are folded in the same manner as the actual signature. The folding dummy can be very helpful for visualizing how the pages must be laid out on the signature so that the pages will be in the correct order when the application is produced.

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Ashley Santoro 2011 Graphic Design Digital Media

Sources http://digitalprintingtips.com/