Technical Specifications Exercise Books

Created by Chloe Wilkinson, Modified on Fri, 13 Jun at 2:29 PM by Chloe Wilkinson

Technical Specifications Exercise Books

Care Instructions

To maintain the quality and longevity of your exercise books:

  • Store in a cool, dry place to prevent fading or warping.
  • Keep away from moisture to avoid smudging or damage.
  • Stack flat to prevent creases or bent corners.
  • Distribute carefully to avoid bending or crumpling edges.
  • Open gently on perfect bound books to avoid spine cracking.
  • Recycle responsibly to minimise waste when no longer needed.

Additional Information

Materials Information

Uncoated: Uncoated paper with a naturally textured, porous surface. Provides strong ink absorption, fast drying times, and is ideal for writing or stamping applications.

Silk (cover only): Silk-coated paper with a smooth, low-sheen finish. Offers excellent image reproduction with high colour density and clarity. Surface is writeable with a ballpoint pen.

Binding Process

Stapled Exercise Books: Collated and folded pages are brought together and secured with staples that are custom cut for the book's thickness to ensure durability before being trimmed.

Wiro Bound Exercise Books: A spiral wire coil, between 6mm - 14mm depending on page count, is passed through a series of punched holes along the spine of the book to offer a full 360-degree page turn.

Perfect Bound Exercise Books: The pages are glued together using a hotmelt adhesive at the spine and a wrap around cover is applied before being trimmed for a clean, professional finish.

Printing Process

Exercise books are printed on our digital press with a Total Area Coverage (TAC) limit of 20%, using thinner stocks to keep costs down. As long as at least 80% of your exercise book's page remains blank, it will likely stay within our 20% TAC limit.

To ensure your artwork stays within the 20% TAC limit it is recommended to:

  • Use light tints and colours
  • Reduce your black density
  • Avoid heavy backgrounds
  • Use small images and assets
  • Adjust your colour profiles using a preset TAC limit

You can also use a TAC calculator.

Sizes

A4 Long Edge: 210 x 297mm

A5 Long Edge: 148 x 210mm

Sustainability

All paper options are FSC-certified. Our exercise books can be recycled.

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