May 18, 2017wir
Loving handwork: This is how small prints products are created

A veteran brings the threads together

A festival fan at the printer
As soon as Frank has released the data, they are available on the computer of the huge digital printer. A colleague - on this day it is trainee Tobi, whose wrist hung with ribbons testifies to his love for festivals - starts and then monitors the pressure. “We print the Kleine Prints products on a very special paper. It is very thinly coated with a special adhesive that only starts to stick later under a certain pressure. This process is the reason for the special resilience and feel of the products from Kleine Prints, " the trainee explains to us.

Accuracy is required
Now the sheets with the motifs of the Kleine Prints customers come into the trustworthy hands of Dietmar, a trained offset printer. Dietmar is still new to the team, he says, and is responsible with his colleagues for the entire processing of the Kleine Prints products. After printing, the sheets are first pressed: They are pressed together by a special machine under a pressure of 16 tons. This is where the special adhesive becomes active, which glues two sheets together in a “bombproof” manner - an important step so that our products can later ensure that even the smallest owners can enjoy them for a long time.

First for the hands, then for the eyes!
After the stability of the material has been ensured by pressing, Dietmar now takes care of the further completion of the individual photo books. To do this, the large sheets must first be cut into the shape of the individual photo books. Here, too, the actual mechanical work is done by a machine. Dietmar skilfully ensures that this is done in the highest quality: Apply accurately, take safety precautions, trigger the machine and * rrrrrittttz * an edge of a future photo book is precisely cut again. Incidentally, even the waste product from this production step is beautiful: long, colorful strips of paper that are reminiscent of spaghetti. Small prints of confetti spaghetti, so to speak.

In good shape
After all the photo books have been accurately cut, Dietmar ensures that each photo book has rounded corners that are beautiful and safe for children's hands. Of course, there is also a separate machine for this. In this production step, four photo books are always on top of each other.


Lovingly packed by hand
In the very last step, each photo book is lovingly packed by hand in our popular shipping box before it is sent on its way to you and your loved ones to sweeten your everyday life. Do you feel like designing your favorite photo product right away? You can go directly to the shop here! Do you want more great stories? Then subscribe to our suuuper newsletter, the Kleine Sonntagspost. We look forward to you!