# Casewrap hardcover

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Last updated: 2026-09-06
Category: Printing & binding
Also called: Case-wrap · Printed case · Case laminate (PLC)

A casewrap hardcover has its cover art printed and laminated straight onto the boards, with no dust jacket — the standard print-on-demand hardcover.

## Definition

A **casewrap hardcover** (also *case-wrap*, *printed case*, or *PLC* — printed laminated case) is a hardcover whose printed cover sheet is glued over the boards and spine, then laminated in matte or gloss. The image is the case; there is nothing to take off. It is the construction of most children's picture books, textbooks, cookbooks and, today, most print-on-demand hardcovers.

The alternative is the traditional trade hardcover: boards covered in cloth or paper with a stamped spine, protected and sold by a separate **dust jacket**. A casewrap costs less to make, has no jacket to tear or lose, and shows the artwork on the shelf — but it also cannot carry jacket flaps for blurb and biography, so that copy moves to the back cover.

Inside, a casewrap is built like any hardcover: a **book block** (glued or sewn), **endpapers** attaching it to the case, and a square or rounded spine.

## In Bindery

Bindery’s hardcover preset is casewrap, printed on demand by Lulu for 24–800 pages; picture books print as an 8.5 × 8.5 in colour casewrap from a single copy.

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