Finishings

Finishings are grouped into categories and are identified with unique aliases. These finishing categories contain finishing items where a single item from each category can be assigned to a component of job.

Due to the structure of a job, finishings can be assigned to the job or against a component of the job. This helps distinguish a finishing that may perform an action on all the components of a job, such as binding into a book. Whereas pages of a book (components of a job in this case) can have individual finishings such as ink and lamination.

Category: Ink

The ink category contains items that define the printed sides of a component.

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Category: Orientation

The orientation category contains item that indicate the finishing orientation of the job. This is typically helpful when paired with other finishings and when working with artwork.

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Category: Corners

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This finishing is configurable, the following information may be present to indicate which corners should be cut:

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Category: Lamination

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Category: Folding

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Category: Foiling

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Category: Binding

Binding is one of the only job level finishings, it indicates how the components of the job should be bound together.

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Finishings and Artwork

Certain finishings require artwork files to be provided to satisfy production requirements. The most common artwork file required will be ink which is a requirement when any finishing item within the category finishing-ink used. Below is a table indicating what finishing categories require artwork and the labels they should be submitted under: