A simulation of the final product is called a mock-up. It will indicate folds, pages, colors, and finished size. See Layout, Comp, and Rough Layout. O Offset Printing. The most common printing process used today, offset printing transfers ink from a metal or paper plate to a rubber blanket wrapped around a cylinder before finally transferring or offsetting it to the paper.
Perfect binding uses a flexible adhesive instead of staples to bind a book together.
Perfect binding is used on larger books like catalogs and journals that have too many pages to be stapled. Punching small, closely spaced holes in a sheet of paper is a perforation. Perforations are used for tear-away registration forms and return cards. A relatively inexpensive black and white copy made on a copy machine is called a photocopy. This process is quick and inexpensive in small quantities.