What is Book Edge Printing

Want to really make your project stand out from the rest? Edge printing may be the answer for you. Edge printed designs are printed directly onto the trimmed edges of your projects’ book block before the binding process. Each trimmed side can be unique and tell a whole story on its own! 

The traditional craft of book edging, also known as edge decoration, has been a long-established book finishing method.

The technique of book edging became popular in the 16th Century to beautify the look of books that now stood on their ends in libraries that started to index books using their spine.


Fore-edge book painting / colour edging is where design meets creativity, sometimes to the point of real art. You can apply gilt or marbling on the edges of the pages or decorate them in colour. Fore-edge painting is a technique which gives your book an exceptional look. When you decide to apply fore-edge painting to your album or book, you need professional application processing. 


Edge printing is available for paperbacks, hardbacks, and cardboard books with soft and hard covers. Calculators dedicated to specific products in the "Refinements and additions" section allow you to choose them.


Book Edge Printing (CMYK) - the most important details

This technique involves applying pigment inks to the edges of the book block paper. It is done in CMYK.

The process enables printing themes, captions and graphics that can function as an extension of the cover illustration or supplement it.

HXEP400 book edge printing machine also provide edge printing on books with rounded block corners.




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