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Print-on-Demand (POD) PDF Conversion
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Quality of POD reproduction
is now dependent on the quality of the prepared digital
source files - not on the printing process |
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Modern Print on Demand
reproduction equipment has achieved standards of
excellence comparable with traditional volume printing.
The quality of a finished Print on Demand reproduction
is now dependent on the quality of the prepared digital
source files - not the printing process.
Advantages of Print on
Demand
Just some of the advantages of Suntec's
Print on Demand Services:
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Ultra-quality scan
processing
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No implicit or hidden
costs attached to the service
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Single copy printing - no
minimum print quantity
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No inventory stocking
requirements
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No inventory
infrastructure
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No set up fees for
initiating a print run
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Fully managed and
reported sales results
The Suntec's hi-fidelity
scanning services ensure that your Print on Demand
source file is the best possible reproduction of the
original book, and is fully optimised for POD printing
machinery. The handcrafted Suntec process makes it
possible for a publisher to commit to a real Print on
Demand strategy - with cost effectiveness and quality
assured. There are no add-in costs and hidden charges,
and there are no quality failures.
How Print on Demand works
for the Publisher
The Publisher supplies Suntec with a good quality
copy of the original book. We scan the book and make it
ready for digital Print on Demand at our standard POD
charges, and to our extreme quality standards. At this
stage the Publisher can take the files and use them as
they see fit with their current print supply chain, (for
example, one of the many short run Print on Demand
vendors). The files are the full and complete property
of the Publisher.
Suntec provides a complete
product and service solution for true Print on Demand -
right from digitisation to delivering the printed book
to the consumer. Drop shipment services are also
available on request.
The Suntec POD Scanning
Process
The quality of a finished Print on Demand product is
defined by the quality of the digitisation process, not
the printing technology. Suntec POD services ensure that
the digital scans are of the highest possible fidelity,
and allow the creation of a new book that is transparent
in quality to the original.
Our Print on Demand page
scanning production is carried out to the highest
possible standard. All images are hand-scanned page by
page to ensure that any skew in the original printed
material is compensated at the scanning time. We have
found this is the only approach. Casual scans or ADF
scans that subsequently need software rotation, result
in a change in the bitmap image dimensions and introduce
rotation algorithm disturbances in the text. Our
craftsman approach eliminates size and disturbance
distortions.
Covers are scanned at 300dpi
in 24 bit, colour corrected using colour matching to
standard off-set printed swatches on gloss art paper,
blemish removed, retouched, sharpened and resized to the
standard client trim size requirement with extended
bleeds. The spine is resized and adjusted in width to
match the requirements of the paper thickness used in
the POD printing process.
The final output is a
composite PDF containing the foundation bi-tonal scan
with imposed greyscale and colour images, and distilled
to a standard ready for printing. The cover is a
separate file.
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