Our customers print books on a wide spectrum of systems ranging from tabletop ink-jet, photo printers, to laser printers. If you haven’t yet selected a printer, please give us a call and we’ll be happy to give you our recommendations.

Some of your important decision factors should include:

• Printer cost (the initial purchase and long-term cost of ownership)
• Custom sheet size handling (size for hard cover)
• The ability to handle heavy stocks (225-400 GSM)
• Print quality, resolution and color
• Printer speed in both simplex and duplex modes

One of the key factors to producing hard cover books with printed covers, such as coffee table books, is the printer’s ability to handle large sheet sizes. Due to the fact that the cover wraps around the binder’s board or book content, the printer should be able to print at least a 19" long sheet. Our standard printable cover sheets are 12.6" x 20". This enables you to make a letter size cover with up to a 1" thick spine. For large format books, you may need sheet sizes up to 13.6" x 28". This enables you make books up to 12" x 13".

Laser printers are often used to produce the book contents. Match the monthly duty cycle of your laser printer to the job runs sizes that you intend to do, on-demand, short, medium, and long run.