A meeting and conversation with two of the staff members at Precision Creative Print & Finishing has given me such a bigger insight into what needs to be considered when printing commercially. The printers explained that they had never put florissant book cover together and that it would be an challenging endeavour. We progressed to looking through various substitute stocks and materials for the cover such as florissant GF Smith paper along with Day-Glo stock. Various samples of lamination to apply to the cover material were also shown to me as we considered price range and ways to enhance the durability of the cover.
A range of binding processes were also debated, looking at pros and cons of each method and the price boundaries specific to each one. I also enquired about using a stock colour for each of the chapter pages but this would bump the price of the print up exponentially. Therefore, the chapter pages will be changed to black and white instead of black and florissant yellow. I am currently just waiting for them to email me with quotes for the print prices of the final print.
If the price of the book is too high, this was still an extremely beneficial experience to discuss my project with professional printers and get a real insight on what else to consider when printing commercially.
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