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Creating a brochure

The brochures let you create books, directories, booklet, manual, annual report book, notebooks

1st stage : quantity and binding

General informations

• Give a name to your brochure

• Determine the number of prints desired.

Binding

This step is to assemble notebooks before or folded sheets.

Choose the size of the finished document

• à la française: lorsque la hauteur est supérieure à la largeur.
• sinon il s'agira de la méthode à l'italienne: la largeur est supérieure à la hauteur.

Click on "Choose" to select a binding method:

• DCC : Perfect binding
• DCCP : Dos Carré Collé PUR
• DCCC : Sewn binding
• PC : Saddle stitching
• PB : Openeyes stitching
• PL : Inline stitching
• CP : Gluing on fold
• NA : Folded without binding

Off line

• Saddle stitching (school books)
• Openeyes stitching
• Perfect binding
• Sewn bindingt

On line

(web offset machines)

• Inline stitching
• Gluing on fold

You can also calculate whether the binding.

Holes

It is an option.

Détails

Once completed this information, click on "Save and describe inside components"

2nd stage : content

You will now define the components of your brochure

Add a section

Choose between an inside section and an inside multi versions.

If you select for example an inside section, you arrive at another screen that allows you to learn:

Trim size

Select:

• an usual size (ISO): for example A4
• or define manually the width and height

Then determine the number of pages of your inside section.

Printing

Détails

Select colors for the front side and back side. You can select the 4 colours.

Add if necessary, a five-panton (s) for the front side and back side.

Finishing

Détails

Select a varnish if necessary on the dropdown for the front and back side.

Letterpress

détails

Paper

Détails

Select a manufacturing process:

• sheet-fed
• reel offset
• rotogravure

Depending on your choice, click on "choose"

• determine the quality of paper in the dropdown menu and click on "next".
• determine lthe brand in the dropdown or choose "at best" eand click on "next".
• determine the color and click on "next".
• determine the weight in the dropdown.

Once completed this information, click on "next"

You go back with the describe of inside section that you've developed. By clicking on the magnifying glass on the right, you can make changes if necessary.

You can then either add a inside section or a cover.

Add a cover

Once the coverage selected, the principle is the same as for the inside section.

Add an insert

Once the insert selected, the principle is the same as for the inside section.

Finally when you set all components of your brochure, click on "next".