Due to the fact that it had already been decided that the publication would need to be free as it is a means of raising awareness for a cause, the production considerations would have to be examined in order to product the zine for as little as possible. Or in a prospective world where the magazine would be a real occurrence advertising within the magazine would have to be allocated in order to cover production costs to ensure the magazine remains totally free for the audience, to enable to publication to inform and educate as many people as possible.
The publication was printed using the Intec3000 as these printer is designer specifically for printing zines and publications and therefore that makes it the most appropriate printer to used as it was specifically designed for this purpose. The printer prints each spread separately and then feeds it back through and prints on the reverse side aswell. If necessary it is even possible to program the printer to fold and staple the book after printing but due to the full bleed aspects within my publication this wouldn't be appropriate for this circumstance.
Due to the large amount of pages within the publication, and therefore the large number of leafs need to produce the publication, a very low weight paper was necessary to ensure that the book will fold and align properly when staples, and so the lightest wight paper 90gsm was chosen. If the stock choice was any heavier the staples may not fully fasten to book together due to its thickness and due to the amount of sheets within the publication a heavier stock would increase the folding inaccuracy and cause excess creep within the print.
The publication was folded using a slight perforated that scored each sheet slightly down the centre spire making it easy to fold on from there. Once all of the sheets had been scored and folded they were then placed in to the stapling vice, clamped in place and stapled at once.
The final step of the production process was to cut down the sheets of the book to A5 size. This would normally be completed using a knife roller and chopping matt and cutting each sheet by hand but instead the decision was made to use the universities laser guided guillotine as it is a much more proficient timed process and is actually more industry standard that cutting each sheet individually.
The decision was made to use staples as the binding method for the publication due to the fact that this is the most regularly used method within the world of publication design, yes an intricate binding method can improve the aesthetic of the book but for a project like this when time and production costs must both be as low as possibly it is much more appropriate to staple the publication. Here is the finished publication below;
Overall the finally produced design outcome was produced to a very high standard, almost the standard you would expect to see in an independent book store. The only negative attribute to the production of the publication is the overlapping white from the back cover on what is supposed to be a full bleed cover image. This problem occurred due to the fact that in the folding process I was informed that the paper I was using was exactly 450ml and so the folding measurements were reflective of that number where as the paper wasn't exactly folded in the centre causing some of the back cover to come further round and appear on the front full bleed size. This could be fixed next time by measuring the papers exact dimensions before folding it.
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