Definitions and Electronic Magazine
advance reading copy, ARC, archival, durable, permanent, quality, safe, stable, standard Gregath Company, Inc.
9:56 am
ARC: abbreviation – Advanced Reading Copy
Archival (Quality): The use of this term varies from the logical definition of the individual words to a wide variety of standards – always have a company explain their definition. See Also Archival webpage. Below is a definition from “Preserving Family Keepsakes Do’s and Don’ts”, Ilene Chandler Miller, 1996:
“A term that suggests a material or item is permanent, durable and chemically stable and therefore safe for the preservation of our keepsakes.”
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Definitions and Electronic Magazine
acid, acid base, acid free, acid free paper, acidity, alkaline ph, archival, logical definition, paper, standard, transfer Gregath Company, Inc.
9:59 am
Acid Free (Paper): The use of this term varies from the logical definition of the individual words to a wide variety of standards – always have a company explain their definition. See Also Archival webpage. Having no acidity and no residual acid-producing chemicals. Below is a definition from “Preserving Family Keepsakes Do’s and Don’ts”, Ilene Chandler Miller, 1996:
“Any paper that contains an alkaline (pH higher than 7 or an absence of acid) base and is often lignin-free.”
Acid Transfer: The act of acid migrating from one object or item to another. See Also Archival webpage.
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Definitions
absorbant, acid free, archival, book materials, paper Gregath Company, Inc.
11:33 am
With a new year, it’s a good time to start over and run the definitions A-Z. This doesn’t mean that if new lingo comes to light before the review is over that we won’t throw it in!
Absorbent Paper (see Paper): Covering a variety of papers made for absorbing water and inks (degrees vary). Examples: duplicating, filter, blotting and toweling papers.
*Acid Free Books (see Archival): The use of this term varies from the logical definition of the individual words to a wide variety of standards – always have a company explain their definition. An acid free book depend on internal (book materials) and external factors (chemical processes, environment, etc.). See Also Archival webpage.
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Book Production
addition, archival, bonus, enclosure, insert, insertion, keepsake, mount, mounting sleeve, photo, photograph, sleeve Gregath Company, Inc.
1:31 pm
Consider using an archival photo mounting sleeve to place an actual photograph within your book. Today’s options can be easy to use and self-adhesive. Dedication to a special individual? Give your book buyers a special keepsake by placing a real picture within their book. This can “upgrade” a book by placing the photo and sleeve over a printed photo. Just one of many things that can go into producing a deluxe or keepsake edition. A lower lifetime idea would be to place on the book cover.
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Book Production and Electronic Magazine
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3:57 pm
A Little About Archival Quality
Internal Factors
The various binding processes that are employed take the same care to negate acidity as the care of paper selection noted above.
External Factors – Production
Our printing plant is in a rural area with low air pollution. While we are not a “white glove” facility, our employees are kept to a “clean hands” policy, which minimizes the amount of oils on the skin (guarding against acid transfer), as well as taking precautions to further lower particulates and chemicals in the air, in-house. Our physical plant is kept at an optimum temperature with a low relative humidity (down to 45%).
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Book Production and Electronic Magazine
acid fee, archival, atmospheric, caustic, condition, external, factor, heat, humidity, internal, material, permanent, product, publishing, quality, UV Gregath Company, Inc.
3:03 pm
A Little About Archival Quality
Acid free, permanent and archival can be defined many ways. However, it should be noted that both internal and external factors affect the finished product at any given time. Internal factors are those that go into the making of the raw materials. External factors are everything from the atmospheric conditions during publishing (a book produced in a large industrial park may be subjected to caustic factors), heat, humidity and UV light to a book owner’s habit of using hand lotion frequently.
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Book Production and Electronic Magazine
acid free, archival, balance, basis, brand, brightness, classified, customer, economy, Gregath, long grain, offset print, paper, paper mill, type, uncoated, weight Gregath Company, Inc.
5:52 pm
Most of the work Gregath Publishing Company does in-house is offset printed. We offset print on uncoated papers. Uncoated papers have been traditionally classified by weight. Interest has begun to increase also as to the brightness as well as archival nature. As publishers, we have selected as our basis paper one that balances all of these issues while taking into account economy as well. If a customer has a list of specifics, or even a particular brand/type of paper, we are happy to get paper mill quotes and pass the information on.
Gregath’s standard book paper is a #50/60 uncoated white paper, acid free with a brightness of 84% – long grain.
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Book Production and Electronic Magazine
acid free, acid nutral, acidic material, archival, binding, body oil, content, copying, cotton, definition, digital, hand, method, paper, pH balanced, printing, process, rag, standard, Technical, totally Gregath Company, Inc.
5:36 pm
Q. Will my book be archival and/or acid free?
A. It depends on how technical your definitions of acid free and/or archival are. This webpage has been provided for further education. Short Answer: Our books meet several standards and are considered by many to be acid free.
We utilize the offset printing method and/or digital copying and a variety of binding processes. These methods add a small percentage of acidic material while printing on any paper. We have yet to find any publishing process that is totally (100%) acid free, even if printed on high cotton (or “rag”) content, acid free paper. Additionally, the first bare hand that touches any acid free material also introduces acid to it. However, by Gregath’s use of pH balanced paper (commonly referred to as “acid free”), your book will be over 99% acid free and will last for several decades – depending upon the owner’s treatment of the book.
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This section is drawn from information online at http://www.gregathcompany.com/archival.html
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Book Design and Electronic Magazine
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5:31 pm
If archival quality is important to the author, they should take a moment and define what exactly is important to them and why. After this is complete, they can begin seeking printer/publishers and/or methods for their book production. Always query about definition of archival words and jargon as they seem to vary widely – never assume.
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Definitions and Electronic Magazine
acid free, acid nutral, archival, book, chemical process, defination, environment, external, factors, internal, lingo, standard, term, variance Gregath Company, Inc.
5:29 pm
Acid Free Books: The use of this term varies from the logical definition of the individual words to a wide variety of standards – always have a company explain their definition. An acid free book depend on internal (book materials) and external factors (chemical processes, environment, etc.). Because of varying factors, we do not use this term, see archival webpage for more information.
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