Far from being a small detail, printing on a book’s edges — also known as jaspage — adds a unique aesthetic dimension to your publications. It catches the eye, strengthens visual identity, and turns a book into a true design object.
Available for books with perfect binding, hardcover, softcover or board covers, this technique offers outstanding creative potential — for one-off editions as well as entire series.
The process consists of printing, in full colour (CMYK), visuals on the three visible faces of the closed book block: the head, the tail and the fore-edge. Printing is done using pigmented inks, ensuring good durability without damaging the paper.
This technique lets you extend the graphic universe of the cover or introduce a complementary atmosphere.
head_title.pdf, edge_title.pdf, tail_title.pdf.
For a series (e.g., a trilogy), each edge of each volume must have its own file. Artwork should be designed to visually continue from one book to the next. For a trilogy, you will need 9 jaspage files: 3 files per title for the head, fore-edge and tail.
