Can you screen print on book cloth?

Yes, and on a dark cloth it usually beats foil — screen ink lays an opaque white that still shows the weave, while white foil bridges the texture and reads like film. Keep artwork off the hinge, which moves during casing-in. Start a quote with this spec.

Studio concept

White ink on cobalt cloth

A studio concept: a cased hardcover in cobalt book cloth with the title screen printed in white across the face and matched on the spine.

Books for Studio concept with cobalt book cloth, white screen print, case-bound hardcover and face and spine in register.

TechniquesScreen Print, Silkscreen

Two rules

01Ink on cloth, not foil. Screen print, which lays enough opaque white to cover cobalt while keeping the weave visible.
02Register across the hinge. Break the lockup at the hinge and print the spine as its own element.

Cobalt cloth hardcover white screen-print face spine — custom books by Print Peppermint, specialty print with screen print on cloth — cobalt cloth hardcover white screen-print face spine

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Same paper, foil and finish, locked in — nothing of this piece artwork comes with it.

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Can you screen print on book cloth?: Yes, and on a dark cloth it usually beats foil — screen ink lays an opaque white that still shows the weave, while white foil bridges the texture and reads like film. Keep artwork off the hinge, which moves during casing-in. Start a quote with this spec.