Zine Printing

a5 zines

Full colour throughout

Illustration Booklets

Wire stitching

perfect bound books

Bespoke Finishing

high quality printing

limited edition magazines

Photography Journals

high quality printing

All random sizes

dream.

thought. chicken. egg. doodles. scribbles. drawings.
coffee .jackd. inspiration. art. mac. scan. illustrator.
photoshop. indesign. artwork. inkjet. proof. recline.
ponder. tweak. ponder. tweak. save .export. contact. discuss. quote. send. inbox. save. open. awe. smile. laugh. pagination. check. preflight. check. paper. ink. plates. print. bind. magazine.

reality.

Zine Printing

Ex Why Zed has built a reputation as a leading UK zine printing company producing creative and inspirational zines that challenge convention and are eye catching to the audience. Our experience and knowledge of zine printing means we can help and advise you to pick the right stock, finishes and format to match your inspiration.

There are almost infinite possibilties on size, finishing and papers so we offer expert knowledge and advice before your job goes to press, a competitive zine print quote to stretch your budget and a high quality standard of printing delivered nationally.

Our Services

We offer an extensive and all encompassing digital and litho print service.

For short run zines and individual portfolios (generally upto around 200 copies) our market leading Indigo digital press offers exceptional quality printing at a cost effective price.

For the medium and long runs our extensive litho department ensures you total felxibility on a wider range of stocks and sizes.

We can saddle stitch / wire stitch or perfect bind booklets from smaller than A6 to larger than A3.

Zine Binding Options

Wire Stitched / Saddle Stitched
A printed document is saddle stitched by stapling it's sheets at the fold of the spine over a mechanical ‘saddle’. This process is best for booklets upto 48 pages. If you have more pages than 48 then the thickness will cause it to ‘bounce’ open when laid flat rather than staying closed.

Perfect Binding

Perfect binding (see examples above) is the process of binding sheets of a document by aligning the edges at the spine and bonding them with glue to an external cover to give a square finish. If the spine is less than 3mm we would advise you to go for wire stitching.

Helpful Tips

Each sheet in your wire stitched booklet forms 4 pages when it’s bound. Therefore when designing your booklet, remember to make sure that the total number of pages is a multiple of 4.

Because of the way we layout pages on the press, the most cost effective page quantities are 16/32/48 and multiples of 16.

Always supply files with 3mm bleed on each edge, this is even more important for booklets because of the ‘drift’ that occurs when binding
- we don’t want you to lose any information.

For extensive and helpful tips on setting up your file visit our resource section.

Pricing

Zine printing offers a huge number of variables and as a result it would be impossible to pruce up every eventuality, so please email us with your spec taking into account the following factors and we will get a quote back to you.

• Quantity
• Finished Size
• Total Pages (see above)
• Cover Stock

• Inside Stock
• Binding Method (see left)

• Full Colour or Black and White
• There are also a range of cover options we can add including Matt Lamination, Spot UV Varnishing and Embossing