I would have liked to screen print my book, but it was setting myself even more of a challenge as I had never bound mount board before and wasn't sure how it would go. The screen printed book would have been more relevant to my content as it would have been a book true to its materials. digital printed book is just as relevant as Bauhaus designers were known for embracing new technologies.
I cropped the pages only on the side it would be bound as I could then crop it all together afterwards to get a cleaner finished design. I found that digitally printing the pages caused the front and back of the pages to not register particularly well, but the 3mm bleed I left would compensate for that except for one page.
The clamp at Blenheim walk was actually too small to fit my A4 pages in, so I made makeshift clamp with metal boards and weights which worked perfectly
I am happy with the final outcome, although there were a few errors which if given the chance I would want to change. The digital print changed the colour of my book slightly, but not too much and also caused the yellow text to blur and be less legible.
The act of perfect binding the book can always cause problems. In this case, some glue got in-between one spread and caused a rip in the centre.
