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Imposition
Once the job of designing the spreads has been done the spreads must be imposed onto the sheet. As most commercial presses only print on one side of the sheet at a time the paper must be turned and placed back through the plate a second time to allow the reverse side to be printed. In order to ensure consistent pagination through this process the individual spreads must be arranged on the sheet in a specific order and orientation, this process is called imposition.
Below is an example of a 16 page document that has been imposed so that the pages will back up correctly. N.B. As well as ensuring the order of the pages is correct the process of imposition must also allow for the thickness of the spine on any larger publication. The process of binding will require the front and back spreads to be slightly farther apart on the sheet than the center spreads.
Folding and trimming
Each sheet or 'flat' is then printed on one side of the paper and the resulting printed sheet is folded to become what is known as a 'signature'. It is then ready for combining into a magazine. This can be by simply laying the folded sheets on top of each other or by nesting them inside one another.
Creating a dummy
In order to check that imposition is correctly set up a mock-up or 'dummy' will normally be created. This will allow the designer and printer to check that the pages do 'back up' as intended. A dummy will normally consist of the required pages(often scaled down) printed out via a laser printer in the order and orientation that they have been imposed and then cut and folded as proposed for the final publication.
The left hand pages are always the odd numbers and most signatures involve sixteen pages. As some publication are only printed with colour on a single side creating a dummy allows you to see where you can cut costs by arranging articles to allow single colour on one side of the sheet.
Covers
There are basically two types of cover. A 'self cover' which uses the same paper on the outer cover as the rest of the pages and a 'cover' that uses a heavier stock. Binding
Binding describes how the folded sheets are joined together. This can be by a stapling process known as saddle stitching, or by perfect binding
Saddle stitching uses a special machine to create staples from a roll of wire and binds the signatures by threading them during the folding process. Perfect bindinginvolves trimming of the inner edge and then using glue to attach the individual pages to a spine creating a distinctive flat spinI am a pubilisher and have experienced printing magazines for years. Hope this answer helps you to understand a bit of printing magazines and if you looking for a good printer, you should check out heidelprint.com. There are plently more infomation you can find for magazine printing.
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When was Make - magazine - created?
Make - magazine - was created in 2005.
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You have to be a moderator to make your magazine bigger.
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Yes you can. The key is to sell the magazine for more money than it cost you to produce the magazine. Magazines also make money from advertising as companies pay them to advertise in their magazine.
How much does it cost for the production of a magazine?
it depends on what scale, you could make a magazine to sell in school for $10 a week you could make a magazine for the borough for $50 and so on
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because the weight of the magazine was significantly heavier that the weight of a heavy goat.
How do magazines make money?
First, by selling the magazine, second by selling advertisements in the magazine.
Do they make a car collectors' magazine?
If you are looking for collector car magazines, you could check out Car magazine and also Hot Rod magazine.
Who was the youngest person to make a magazine how did he or she make the magazine and what magazine did he or she make?
By Make, do you mean construct a magazine from scratch- or Make that is, achieve publication, two different breeds of cat. I had a letter to the editor of a religious magazine (now defunct SIGN) that might be considered an article- anti-smoking, theological aspects, published in l97l. I was l4 years of age at the time. No prizes or anything, I just typed the thing up and mailed it to the Sign, Surprise, it got the nod. I hope this is of some help.
IN the magazine or ON the magazine should be used?
Articles and adds are in the magazine. The cover is on the magazine. (The curious cat may be on the magaizne as well, but he'll soon be dead.)
Who is the editor of Make magazine?
The editor-in-chief of Make magazine is Mark Frauenfelder. Previously he has worked as an editor for Wired and served as editor-in-chief of Wired Online.
How do magazine companies make money?
by eating chickens
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You can get a subscription for a bridal magazine on various websites like Amazon and iSUBSCRIBE. Both websites offer you the ability to make a subscription to any magazine you'd like, including a bridal magazine.
