Books

Whether a literary ‘classic’, a contemporary essay, or a riveting ‘detective story’, all novels have features in common: the inner pages are normally printed in one colour while a variety of ennobling techniques are applied to the cover to make the book more attractive when displayed in the bookshop. Thanks to digital technology, Rotolito is able to fulfil requests for low print numbers (e.g. small reprints) while for medium and high runs, it uses Timsons web offset presses with folding optimised for all standard “black and white” book formats.

Books in colour where the quality of image printing and binding is of the utmost importance. From books by Michelin-star chefs to art and photography books and architecture monographs, the illustrated book comes in many different forms with varied content, each one with its own specific features, from the most basic to the most sophisticated coffee table books. A place of honour is reserved for children’s hardback books with a low number of pages which we produce in our ultra-efficient facility in Bucharest.

Meeting deadlines for text book deliveries is essential for the back to school business of educational publishers. Which is why the leading educational publishers, both in Italy and abroad, entrust us with the printing of millions of volumes. For the printing and packaging side, we use a variety of solutions depending on the quantities requested (digital web offset, 4-colour Timsons and web commercial presses, wide sewing capacity) whereas we have recently invested in a solution for automating all the processes after the binding, such as adding inserts and CDs, or shrink-wrapping different volumes in a single package (e.g. text book and work book). We have been able to produce exercise books, notepads and notebooks, etc. for some time.

When the number of pages increases, as in the case of dictionaries, codices or religious texts, low-weight paper, so-called ‘bible paper’ must be used for the inner pages. These lightweight supports call for special care and attention in all the productions stages from printing to packaging. Rotolito has the necessary know-how and technology to deal with these types of products. In digital web offset and Timsons presses, we can also work with paper of less than 40 grams, while in bookbinding we are able to bind books with spines up to 7 centimetres.