Definition for Bottling

[Arianne74]

Hi all. I am a design student and ran across the term 'bottling'. I have tried to find a definition for bottling, and its application in relation to the print industry but can't seem to get anywhere. Can someone please explain it for me? Much thanks in advance for your time and help

[gordo]

Hi all. I am a design student and ran across the term 'bottling'. I have tried to find a definition for bottling, and its application in relation to the print industry but can't seem to get anywhere. Can someone please explain it for me? Much thanks in advance for your time and help

A multi page document, e.g. a saddle stitched catalog, is imposed onto a single press form then printed and folded so that the pages face one another in their proper sequence. Then bound and trimmed to form the final catalog.
When that press sheet gets folded down the content of the inner pages are no longer inline with the content of the outer pages relative to the spine (where the catalog will be saddle stitched) due to the thickness of the paper. The pages and their content will also be skewed (angled) relative to each other.
Bottling is applied when the pages are imposed in prepress to create the multi-page press form. Bottling skews the page content in such a way that the page content lines up and is in register after the press sheet is folded and ready to be saddle stitched and trimmed.
Google "imposition, bottling" and you might find more info or images that clarify what I wrote.

Best, gordo

[Arianne74]

Gordo, thank you very much for your explanation, helped me a great deal. Much obliged