OperationKind

"""Operation type classification"""
enum OperationKind {
  """
  Holding the finished components together as one product. The generic kind, for when the specific binding method is not yet decided.
  """
  BINDING
  """
  Assembling the folded signatures into the book block that will later be cased in.
  """
  BOOK_BLOCK_MAKING
  """
  Gathering printed sheets or signatures into the correct page order before binding.
  """
  COLLATING
  """
  Binding with a plastic comb through punched rectangular holes, so the book opens flat and can be reopened to add pages.
  """
  COMB_BINDING
  """
  Cutting along an arbitrary outline that follows the artwork, rather than to a rectangular trim.
  """
  CONTOUR_CUTTING
  """
  Pressing a channel into the substrate so it folds along a controlled line without cracking the fibres or the printed surface.
  """
  CREASING
  """
  Trimming the sheet to its finished size on a guillotine or three-knife trimmer.
  """
  CUTTING
  """
  Pressing a design below the surface of the substrate, the inverse of embossing.
  """
  DEBOSSING
  """
  Cutting shapes with a steel die, for outlines a straight guillotine cut cannot make.
  """
  DIE_CUTTING
  """
  Printing directly from digital data with no plate, so each impression can differ and short runs carry no plate cost.
  """
  DIGITAL_PRINTING
  """
  Making round holes through the stack, typically for ring or mechanical binding.
  """
  DRILLING
  """
  Raising a design above the surface of the substrate under heat and pressure.
  """
  EMBOSSING
  """
  Applying metallic or pigmented foil to the substrate with a heated die.
  """
  FOIL_STAMPING
  """
  Folding the printed sheet into signatures or into the finished product's fold pattern.
  """
  FOLDING
  """
  Applying adhesive to join parts of the product, as in a carton seam or a bound spine.
  """
  GLUING
  """
  Attaching the decorative fabric band at the head and tail of a hard-bound book's spine.
  """
  HEAD_BANDING
  """
  Printing by jetting ink droplets onto the substrate, without contact between head and stock.
  """
  INKJET_PRINTING
  """
  Applying a coating over the entire printed area, for protection or overall finish.
  """
  FLOOD_COATING
  """
  Bonding a film over the printed sheet to protect it and change its surface finish.
  """
  LAMINATING
  """
  Lithographic printing in which ink passes from plate to blanket to substrate. The high-volume commercial process, with a per-job plate cost.
  """
  OFFSET_PRINTING
  """Packing the finished product for storage or despatch."""
  PACKING
  """
  Binding by milling the spine flat and gluing the pages into a wrapped cover, as used for paperbacks.
  """
  PERFECT_BINDING
  """
  Cutting a line of small slits so a part can be torn away cleanly by hand.
  """
  PERFORATING
  """
  Cutting the stock down before printing, to bring it to press size or to split it into working sections.
  """
  PRECUTTING
  """
  Marking the substrate with the artwork, when the specific press process is not yet decided.
  """
  PRINTING
  """
  Making shaped holes with a punch tool, for binding elements or for the product's own features.
  """
  PUNCHING
  """
  Binding with wire loops through punched holes, so the book opens flat and lies open.
  """
  RING_BINDING
  """
  Stapling folded signatures through the spine fold. Cheap and fast, but limited to low page counts.
  """
  SADDLE_STITCHING
  """
  Impressing a line to weaken the substrate along a fold, without cutting it.
  """
  SCORING
  """
  Sewing the signatures together with thread, the most durable binding for a book block.
  """
  SEWING
  """Cutting the web or sheet lengthwise into narrower strips."""
  SLITTING
  """Binding with a continuous coil threaded through punched holes."""
  SPIRAL_BINDING
  """
  Fastening with wire staples, when the stitching pattern is not specified further.
  """
  STITCHING
  """
  Binding with a plastic strip clamped through the punched edge of the stack.
  """
  STRIP_BINDING
  """
  Making the hard case — boards plus covering material — that a book block is later cased into.
  """
  CASE_MAKING
  """
  Fixing the finished book block into its case to complete a hard-bound book.
  """
  CASING_IN
  """
  An operation the print catalog does not name. Its meaning comes from the operation's own parameters rather than from this kind.
  """
  CUSTOM
  """
  Allowing or forcing ink or coating to cure before the next operation can run. Occupies time and space without changing the product.
  """
  DRYING
  """Gluing the endpapers to the first and last signatures of a book block."""
  ENDPAPER_TIPPING
  """
  Setting metal eyelets into punched holes, to reinforce them for hanging or lacing.
  """
  EYELETS
  """
  Folding and securing the edge of a flexible substrate so it will not fray.
  """
  HEMMING
  """
  Imaging the printing plates from the prepared artwork, before the press can run.
  """
  PLATEMAKING
  """
  Shaping a book block's spine into a curve and flaring its shoulders so the case fits and the book opens properly.
  """
  ROUNDING_BACKING
  """
  Milling the folded spine off the book block to expose the individual leaves for adhesive binding.
  """
  SPINE_MILLING
  """
  Applying varnish to selected areas only, to contrast finish against the uncoated areas around them.
  """
  SPOT_VARNISH
  """
  Cutting through the face stock of a self-adhesive material but not its liner, so the label lifts off intact.
  """
  KISS_CUTTING
  """
  Cutting from the reverse of the sheet, for products viewed through the substrate.
  """
  REVERSE_CUTTING
  """
  Cutting part-way through the substrate's thickness rather than all the way through.
  """
  PARTIAL_CUTTING
  """
  Laying white ink beneath the artwork so colours stay opaque on a clear, metallic, or dark substrate.
  """
  WHITE_UNDERPRINT
}