Different Cover Types in GreenLight

GreenLight can be used to create, amend and export various styles of printed covers and jackets to the following settings.

Crop and fold marks are automatically added to PDFs to indicate dimensions of each cover panel.

Where relevant, board thickness is assumed to be 3mm and the turnaround (the amount to allow for a flap fold) to be 2mm. These values can be altered in GreenLight if necessary.

PLC / PPC / Arlin

A PLC (Paper Laminated Case) is a printed cover file glued onto a hardcased book. PPC is another name for PLC. Arlin is a coloured paper stamped to achieve a cloth effect.

• 15mm bleed on outer edges
• 3mm added to trim page size on all edges
• No flaps or turnaround
• Special finishes are not applied to the gutter

PLC cut flush

A PLC printed cover file glued onto a hardcased book that is then trimmed off on top, bottom and outer edges.

• 15mm bleed on outer edges
• 3mm added to trim page size on spine edge only
• No flaps or turnaround
• Special finishes are not applied to the gutter

Paperback covers

Wrapping across front, spine and back of a paperback book.

• 5mm bleed on outer edges
• May have flaps. 2mm turnaround added if adding flaps

Paper Jackets

A paper jacket wrapping around a hardcased book.

• 5mm bleed on outer edges
• Trim page size plus 3mm on outside edges
• Always has flaps and adds an extra 3mm for turnaround
• Flap content starts a minimum of 3mm for tunaround

Flexi Binding

A flexi bound cover is a card producing a medium cased book.

• 15mm bleed on outer edges
• Trim page size plus 3mm on outside edges
• May contain flaps. 2mm turnaround added if adding flaps

Wiro Binding

A wiro bound cover is a printed card producing either an open or cased wiro boung book.

• 5mm bleed on outer edges
• Pages are designed as facing pages but are set-up with extra 5mm added to trim page size on inside gutter to simulate a 5mm bleed on all edges

Quarter Binding

A printed cover file with two sections glued onto outer edges a hardcased book. The spine is then covered with a cloth and can be foil blocked.

• Pages are designed as split apart spread pages and set-up with extra 5mm added to insid edges to achieve 5mm bleed on all edges.
• Exported as pages not spreads

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