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• Never plan a
printing job without talking to the bindery first.
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Only the bindery can say whether the stock, folds, trims, etc. that the
designer wants actually can be assembled into a deliverable piece. "Just
because you can print it doesn't mean you can finish it."
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Example: "thrust" or "creep," i.e., the tendency of the inner pages of
a saddle- stitched job to push outward from the open edge. These pages
need more "safety" for the additional trim: ask the bindery!
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Another example: When designing the cover for a perfect-bound book, did
we remember to make space for the spine copy? How much space should there
be? Ask the bindery!
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Another example: Should the job fold parallel to the "grain direction"
of the paper, or against? Ask the bindery!
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For most jobs, the bindery will prepare an imposition
layout to indicate how images should
be assembled, with trim marks, folding lines, etc.; a folding dummy showing
pages in order; and a binding dummy that is stitched and trimmed as the
finished product will be.
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