Services

There are many different book formats. From the printing (colour, black and white), paper (uncoated, gloss coated), binding (saddle stitched, perfect bound) and finishing (end papers, lamination). See a selection of examples below.

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• Hardcover book with fabric cover and dust jacket

• A4 magazine saddle stitched, matt laminated cover

• Softcover book, perfect binding, matt coated pages

• A5 magazine, sewn thread binding, cardboard cover.

Book Printing

Our personalised book design service takes your book cover concept and final edited manuscript and transforms them into a professional looking product ready for printing and sale. Our book design service includes:

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• Advice on manuscript preparation for the design process

• Front cover, spine & back cover design

• Internal page pagination and design

• Print ready PDF file creation

Book Design

If you need urgent business cards, brochures, flyers, magazines or even a trade show banner stand, Paradigm can find the most suitable digital printer to suit your budget and fast turnaround requirements. Other digital jobs we do include:

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• Outdoor corflute signs

• Full colour vinyl stickers (weatherproof for outdoor use)

• Sequentially numbered loyalty cards

• Fast turnaround magazines with online stitching

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Digital Printing

Offset printing offers superior quality, a job can be printed on a sheet-fed press or web press. Sheet-fed utilises individual pre-cut sheets of paper, while a large roll of paper is fed into a web press. Below is a list of the most common offset presses.

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• 1 and 2 colour sheet-fed (for 1 & 2 spot colour jobs)

• 4 and 8 colour sheet-fed (for full colour jobs)

• 5, 6 and 10 colour sheet-fed (full colour and spot colours)

• 4 colour web press (full colour for large quantities)

Offset Printing