Printing Support Center
Welcome to QinPrinting’s Printing Support Center—your hub for understanding the technical details of custom book printing. Whether you’re preparing a paperback, hardcover, catalog, calendar, or card decks, we’ve gathered key resources to help you set up files correctly and select the right materials, finishing, and binding for your print project.
Prepress & Materials
Guides and resources for preparing print-ready files, selecting paper, and choosing finishing options to ensure high-quality printing.
Learn about bleed, margins, resolution, CMYK color, fonts, and more.
Download templates for books, catalogs, brochures, and more.
Download templates specifically for custom card printing projects.
From PDF proofing to physical color samples, see how we help verify quality.
Gloss, matte, offset, textured papers, fabric and imitation leather.
Lamination, foil, embossing, debossing, spot UV, and more.
Layout, Structure & Binding
Technical details on book sizes, page layouts, spine measurements, bindings, and other book production essentials.
Common book sizes and regional standards.
How pages are grouped and printed as signatures.
Page count rules for different binding types.
How to calculate and set up the spine size.
What end sheets are and how to design them.
Sizing and layout for book jackets.
Introduction to slipcases and how to prepare artwork.
Add folded extensions to paperback covers
A book headband is a decorative strip on a hardcover book's spine
Comparison of bookbinding methods (e.g. perfect, sewn, saddle, spiral, etc.).
FAQ
Offset printing uses the CMYK color space. Most design software uses the RGB color space. The most efficient solution is for you to change the color space to CMYK when you export your print-ready files. If you don’t know how to do this, ask us and we’ll explain. But don’t worry too much. If we receive your artwork in RGB mode, we’ll change it for you before we go to press.
You can send us your artwork via email, to [email protected], or send us a link to Dropbox, Google Docs, etc. You can also upload your files to file sharing sites such as Sprend or Wetransfer and share the link with us.
We are an offset printing company, so printing is the core service we provide. We do not provide a comprehensive design service. However, unlike many printers, we are committed to offering significant design support. For example, we offer free downloadable design templates for book formats, flyers, posters, and more, along with an expert artwork file checking service and, of course, one-to-one advice and assistance for all our customers via telephone, email, Skype, and the online chat.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our work and our commitment to providing the best possible service to all our customers. We have developed a range of rigorous quality control protocols designed to make sure that all our products are printed to the highest standards and leave our facilities in perfect condition. We have passed the GB/T19001–2008 IDT ISO9001:2008 Quality Management System Certification for excellence in our quality controls. We will be delighted to show you our certificates on request.
