Side sewing (flat)
Recommended for : Volumes with a text block thickness of less than one centimeter (albums, hard-cover or flexible comics)
Term used at Reliures Caron & Létourneau: S
Term used at Reliure Travaction: C
DESCRIPTION :
- Machine side-sewing of the text block with 2 reinforced endpapers of muslin (on the alternative bindings - reinforcements, sewn with endpapers without muslin).
* This type of treatment does NOT incur additional fees.
Hand sewing
Recommended for : Volumes made up of thick signatures (over 30 pages each) that are bound in the fold, and whose spine margin is too narrow or made of paper that is too heavily coated to be trimmed or glued. Used mainly for periodicals and newspapers.
Term used at Reliures Caron & Létourneau: CM
Term used at Reliure Travaction: COM
DESCRIPTION:
- Sewing holes of all signatures in the volume, to be sewn into a single block (several holes are made in the spine of the signatures).
- Insertion of threads into the designated notches.
- Hand sewing through the fold of each signature, to attach to the threads in each of the holes.
- Example of a periodical sewn using this method: The Economist.
* ADDITIONAL FEES apply.
Spiral sewing (special punch)
Recommended for : Volumes having been puddled (pages held together by a spiral of plastic or metal) and having a back margin too narrow to be cut and glued.
Appellation at Caron & Létourneau Bindings: SP
Appellation at Reliure Travaction: CSP
DESCRIPTION :
- Removal of the spiral.
- Hand sewing through the holes originally made to install the spiral.
* ADDITIONAL FEES apply.
Side sewing - thick volumes (flat)
Recommended for: Volumes with a block of pages between 1 cm and 2.5 cm thick with glossy or semi-glossy paper.
Appellation at Caron & Létourneau bindings: S1
DESCRIPTION :
- Machine sewing of the block of pages with 2 reinforced leaves of muslin made by the fold. The machine first holes the back and then sews in the same holes.
* ADDITIONAL FEES apply.
Oversewing
Recommended for : Volumes with a block of pages made of glossy or semi-gloss paper, with enough margin on the back for this type of sewing and more than one centimeter thick. Often used for cookbooks with multiple glossy images.
Appellation at Caron & Létourneau bindings: CO
Appellation at Reliure Travaction: COS (available through Les Reliures Caron & Létourneau)
DESCRIPTION :
- Back cut.
- Sewing in the overlock machine made through the binding margin including the endpaper.
Example of periodical sewn according to this method: National Geographic.
* ADDITIONAL FEES apply.
National sewing
Recommended for: Volumes composed of thin signatures (at least 30 pages) and united by the fold.
Appellation at Caron & Létourneau bindings: CC
DESCRIPTION :
- Original pins removed or original stitching defeated.
- Machine sewing made through the binding margin of the signatures with addition of endpapers.
Example of periodical sewn according to this method: Le Nouvel Observateur
* ADDITIONAL FEES apply.
Punch sewing
Recommended for: Volumes composed of a single signature whose pages are joined by the fold, having a back margin too narrow or being made of paper too glossy to be cut and glued. Often for musical scores.
Appellation at Bindings Caron & Létourneau: P
DESCRIPTION :
- Drilling a few holes in the fold of the signature.
- Handmade sewing through the holes made beforehand.
* ADDITIONAL FEES apply.
Sewing through the fold
Recommended for: Volumes composed of a single signature whose pages are joined by the fold, having a back margin too narrow or being made of paper too glossy to be cut and glued. Warning ! This sewing can not be made on fascicles over 1 cm thick. Often for musical scores or books already sewn or stitched in the fold, but with little margin.
Appellation at Reliure Travaction: COC
DESCRIPTION :
- Machine sewing of the page block by the fold, flat.
- Adding cover sheets and laying a new canvas.
* ADDITIONAL FEES apply.