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This glossary covers the key terms you’ll encounter when working with offset printing, book manufacturing, and custom game production. Each term links to a detailed article in our Printing Academy where you can learn more. B Barcodes — Black and...

The term paper weight is seen frequently in the printing business and is used to describe the thickness, or caliper, of paper stock. At PrintNinja, we offer a wide variety of quality paper stocks to ensure your project comes out...

Combining narrative and imagery unlike any other medium, children’s books have the potential to captivate and inspire readers both young and old. Finding an illustrator to bring your vision to life,...

Is the idea of a plain fabric bag not doing it for you? Add some screenprinted artwork or text! Below we have broken down the current restrictions/requirements for screenprinting on our fabric bags, as well as what we need from...

These instructions are available in a quick and easy video here: Open InDesign. Set your individual panel specs. De-select “Facing Pages”. Click on “Pages” panel. In upper right corner, click the flyout menu (sandwich button). Scroll down, and deselect “Allow...

Want to really make your project stand out from the rest? Edge printing may be the answer for you. Edge printed designs are printed directly onto the trimmed edges of your project’s book block before the binding process. Each trimmed...

Traditional wire and spiral bound projects are unique in that we will need the artwork provided to us as individual pages with added bleed on all four sides. This goes for the cover AND interior page artwork (unlike all other...

Do you have a significant number of artwork files to upload for your order? You can easily turn multiple files into one file by compressing them into a .ZIP folder archive. Depending on how many components your order includes and...

Project inspirations abound! This page is dedicated to some of our favorite, unique projects that feature rare, custom specialty add-ons. All of the projects below include features that are NOT noted on our website as standard specialty add-ons. When it...

Getting ready to print but worried about how to handle your shipment?? This important but often overlooked part of the order process will help you plan ahead for the big day when your order arrives. In most cases, your order...

Nope—overprinting does not refer to printing extra copies of your project! Overprinting is an advanced printing technique that should only used by creators who understand how to implement it properly. Overprinting is the process of printing one color on...

Because a single sheet of paper is wrapped around the bound perfect bound book, a dust jacket for a perfect bound book should be created as a single spread. Perfect Bound Dust Jacket Template The “Page Height” measurement in the...

File Setup All you will need to do is make sure you have created a SECOND layer in your design program: – Top Layer = Mirror Shape – Bottom Layer = Printed Artwork On the top layer, all you will...

Looking to add a “mirror like” effect to your project? We can do that! While we are unable to apply a real glass  mirror to any of our printed pieces, we do offer the ability to add a mylar mirror....

  File Setup Follow the below instructions when setting up your artwork in your chosen design program. Page Count = One for single-sided printing or two for double-sided printing. Document Size = quoted project trim width x 4″ minimum height...