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:
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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