Designing CD Booklets in Printer Spread Format

For inexperienced designers, figuring out the correct page sequencing when designing a CD Booklet can be rather confusing. This article is intended to clarify the difference between what looks right and what is actually right. In short, Printer Spreads versus Reader Spreads.

If you’d like to add printed biographical information or song lyrics to your CD duplication or CD manufacturing project you will likely need to incorporate a CD booklet into your budget and designs.

Booklets tend to be more popular than “folders” because we’re much more accustomed to the format of a booklet. Just like a book or magazine, a booklet is folded in half and is stapled in the middle, so they are very compact and easy to browse through.

Printer Spread Page Sequencing

Designing the booklet for your CD duplication or CD manufacturing project shares many of the same design rules that apply to every other aspect of your project, but there is one commonly overlooked aspect we want to bring to your attention: Printer Spreads.

Through a whole lifetime of familiarity with books and magazines we know that ‘page 3’ comes after ‘page 2’ and then ‘page 4’ comes after ‘page 3’. This is absolutely correct after a book has been printed, cut, assembled and stitched but you actually have to design it counter-intuitively.

For the purposes of your CD duplication or CD manufacturing project your ‘booklet’ is a series of 2 panel folders that are stacked together, stapled and then folded to create the book. There is a specific page order required to assure the booklet has the correct page sequence after it has been assembled, and this sequence (or page order) is referred to as Printer Spreads.

Create A Mock-Up

The best way for you to see this is to make a Printer Spread mock-up of something simple. Here’s how you can create a Printer Spread mock-up of a 4 panel (8 page) booklet using two pieces of scrap paper:

• Stack two pieces of paper together (face to face).
• Fold the stack evenly in half.
• Put a staple in the fold to keep the two pieces of paper together as to create a booklet.
• Now number each page beginning with the front cover as ‘page 1’.
• After you’ve finished remove the staple and take the booklet apart.

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CDwest.ca provides factory-direct CD manufacturing and CD duplication services complete with a wide range of eco-friendly and green print and packaging solutions. With offices located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) we ship to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. daily.

Needing professional DVD manufacturing or DVD duplication? Visit DVDwest.ca

Eco-Friendly Benefits of Digital Printing

There is no question about ‘green’ being very much front-of-mind these days... and rightly so. It doesn't really matter how you refer to it... eco-friendly, carbon neutral, environmentally friendly, earth conscious, green, sustainable, or other popular catch-phrases as it all revolves around the same thing.

While the attention being put on being ‘green’ is very important and completely overdue there are many shrewd marketers and advertisers out there who will try to cash in on what they see as nothing more than the latest trend so you still need to be a discerning consumer.

● Digital printing... why not offset?

CDwest.ca recognizes the responsibility we have as a good corporate, community and global citizen so we have invested in the right equipment, processes and materials to provide the types of sustainable and environmentally-friendly printing solutions that the market wants. As a matter of fact, the bulk of the work we produce is printed digitally and for good reason.

Despite the amount of focus put on the CD duplication and CD manufacturing aspects of what we do, we're also very much a "printing company" as we produce the vast majority of our own print and packaging products ourselves.

The evolution of digital printing has revolutionized the printing industry. While traditional offset printing is considered an industrial process, digital printing is a computerized process which, by its very nature, is less wasteful and less demanding on resources compared to conventional print. Less waste and less consumption equates to a more environmentally friendly method of printing.

Digital printing has eliminated many stages of traditional printing that were time, energy and resource-consuming. This includes processes that were accompanied by liquid waste, solid waste and fumes - some of which actually require specialist treatment for disposal. Additionally, digital printing eliminates the use of chemistry for film and plate processing, as well as the substantial waste of materials used in the 'make ready' stage of offset printing.

● No ‘make ready’ = greatly reduced waste

With an offset printer you cannot simply press a button and immediately begin printing. Time is required to prepare the machine to run a specific job which includes a lot of wasteful ‘test’ printing onto paper. This isn’t simply down-time for the machine as the time and expense of the make-ready process is passed through to the client in the cost of the finished goods.

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CDwest.ca provided clients throughout Canada with a factory-direct partner for CD duplication and CD manufacturing along with eco-friendly print and packaging. With offices and manufacturing plant located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) we ship to clients throughout Canada daily.
 
Looking for DVD duplication or DVD manufacturing? Visit DVDwest.ca
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CD Digipak Special Pricing for May

CDwest.ca has another great CD Digipak price for our May VIP Special!

This month we're featuring our CS1020 style CD Digipak which is available in quantities as low as 100 units and we're sure you'll find that these are the best retail prices you'll find anywhere in Canada.

To get access to this great deal all you have to do is join our VIP Program - it's absolutely free to join and it's very easy to sign up.

Our CS1020 special is all-inclusive featuring full colour disc print, all set-ups, clear or black digipak tray, 4/0 digipak print, assembly, wrap, barcode, pre-press, one round of .pdf proofs. The disc tray can be placed in the middle or right-hand-side panel.

Now, what if you really like this special deal on CD Digipak but you're not quite ready to take advantage of it in May? Simply place a 50% downpayment anytime in May we'll be happy to hold the price for you until you're ready with your production assets.

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Choose CDwest.ca as your factory-direct partner in Western Canada for CD manufacturing and short-run CD duplication services complete with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. Located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) we're proud to be the manufacturer of choice for clients throughout Canada.
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CDwest.ca Sponsors CD Digipak Prize Giveaway

In combination with the Alberta Music Industry Association (AMIA), CDwest.ca is pleased to announce that we are offering a CD Digipak Prize Giveaway to AMIA members in good standing.

The prize package has a retail value of approximately $1,200.00 and consists of the following:

300 CD Digipak
Professionally replicated CDs with full colour print.
CS1000 style CD digipak, clear or black tray, full colour CMYK (4/0).
All set-ups, assembly, pre-press, barcode and wrap included.

100 Posters
11” x 17” posters, printed CMYK (4/0).

200 Stickers
3” x 3” posters, square corners.
Printed CMYK (4/0).
Not for outdoor use.

Free Shipping - free shipment to any 'regular service' courier destination in Alberta. Single destination only. For off-line or extra-charge destinations a fee may apply to cover the extra charge.

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Make CDwest.ca your choice for factory-direct CD manufacturing and CD duplication including eco-friendly print and packaging. Our offices and manufacturing plant are located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) and we ship product daily to clients throughout Canada and the USA.

Looking for professional DVD duplication and manufacturing in eco-friendly packaging? Visit DVDwest.ca
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CD Text for your CD Duplication Project

In the past year we've seen quite a large increase in audio CD clients who are creating their own Masters for production use. It appears that most of these clients have an understanding of what CD Text is, but there is still a lot of confusion about [a] how to create CD Text, and [b] where you can view it.

~ What exactly is CD Text?
CD Text is a technology that is used on audio CDs which enables low bit rate information such as the song name and the name of the artist to be stored on the within the disc itself. If CD Text is included on an audio CD, specific devices and applications that are able to read and display this information will recognize this information, retrieve it and, in turn, display it to the user.

~ Is CD Text visible on all players and programs?
No - and this happens to cause a great deal of confusion and worry for clients because the client often thinks there is something wrong with their CDs because the CD Text isn't being displayed. A common culprit is Windows Media Player - it's one of the most widely used computer programs for playing music but it doesn't display CD Text unless you install a plug-in.

~ Creating CD Text
It's actually quite simple to add CD Text your audio Master for CD duplication or CD replication, but you need to be using a disc burning program (such as Toast or Nero) that allows you to enter in the appropriate data.

~ I've already made my CD Master - can I add CD Text to it?No, it is not possible to add CD Text after you've already created your audio Master. If you've already created your CD Master and you want to add CD Text after-the-fact you will have to create a new Master.

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CDwest.ca is your factory-direct source for CD manufacturing and CD duplication with eco-friendly print and pacakging solutions. Located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) we ship daily to clients throughout Canada and the United States.
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Designing A Booklet For Your CD Manufacturing Project

For inexperienced designers, figuring out the correct page sequencing when designing a CD Booklet can be rather confusing. This article is intended to clarify the difference between what looks right and what is actually right. In short, Printer Spreads versus Reader Spreads.

If you’d like to add printed biographical information or song lyrics to your CD duplication or CD manufacturing project you will likely need to incorporate a CD booklet into your budget and designs.

Booklets tend to be more popular than “folders” because we’re much more accustomed to the format of a booklet. Just like a book or magazine, a booklet is folded in half and is stapled in the middle, so they are very compact and easy to browse through.

Printer Spread Page Sequencing

Designing the booklet for your CD duplication or CD manufacturing project shares many of the same design rules that apply to every other aspect of your project, but there is one commonly overlooked aspect we want to bring to your attention: Printer Spreads.

Through a whole lifetime of familiarity with books and magazines we know that ‘page 3’ comes after ‘page 2’ and then ‘page 4’ comes after ‘page 3’. This is absolutely correct after a book has been printed, cut, assembled and stitched but you actually have to design it counter-intuitively.

For the purposes of your CD duplication or CD manufacturing project your ‘booklet’ is a series of 2 panel folders that are stacked together, stapled and then folded to create the book. There is a specific page order required to assure the booklet has the correct page sequence after it has been assembled, and this sequence (or page order) is referred to as Printer Spreads.

Create A Mock-Up

The best way for you to see this is to make a Printer Spread mock-up of something simple. Here’s how you can create a Printer Spread mock-up of a 4 panel (8 page) booklet using two pieces of scrap paper:

• Stack two pieces of paper together (face to face).
• Fold the stack evenly in half.
• Put a staple in the fold to keep the two pieces of paper together as to create a booklet.
• Now number each page beginning with the front cover as ‘page 1’.
• After you’ve finished remove the staple and take the booklet apart.

If you’ve done this correctly you should have a total of eight pages that relate to each other as follows: [Page 8 - Page 1], [Page 2 - Page 7], [Page 6 - Page 3] and then [Page 4 - Page 5].

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CDwest.ca is your factory-direct source for CD manufacturing and CD duplication with eco-friendly print and packaging options. Our offices and manufacturing facility are located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) and we ship to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. daily.
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CD Digipak Super Special Pricing in April

CDwest.ca has a super CD Digipak price for our April VIP Special!

Our CS1000 style CD Digipak is available in quantities as low as 100 units and we're confident these are the best retail prices you'll find in Canada.

Join our VIP Program to get access to this deal - the program is absolutely free and it's very easy to sign up.

This is an all-inclusive offer featuring full colour disc print, all set-ups, clear or black digipak tray, 4/0 digipak print, assembly, wrap, barcode, pre-press, one round of .pdf proofs.

What if you really like the price but you're not quite ready to take advantage of it in April? If you place a 50% downpayment in April we'll be happy to hold the price for you until you're ready with your production assets.

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CDwest.ca is your factory-direct partner in Western Canada for CD manufacturing and CD duplication services complete with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. Located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) we're proud to be the manufacturer of choice for clients throughout Canada.