User`s guide

Perfect Binding

Perfect binder User’s Guide 05

■ Terms of the Perfect Binding

Term Description

Binding data Original data with cover data and body page data

Cover data Original data for printing on the cover

Body page data Original data for printing on the body page

Cover 1 Front side of the front cover (outer)

Cover 2 Back side of the front cover (inner)

Cover 3 Back side of the back cover (inner)

Cover 4 Front side of the back cover (outer)

Spine The part that the pages are fastened onto

Thickness of a booklet The main body's thickness (exclude the cover's thickness)

Slip sheet The sheet without printing both sides (in this guide)

• When the binding side is [Right] • When the binding side is [Left]

① Cover 2

② Cover 1

③ Body pages

④ Spine

⑤ Cover 3

⑥ Cover 4

Cover Sheet

There are two types of paper: long-grained paper and short-grained paper. The paper texture is the fibers' orienta-

tion formed in the paper-forming process, which influences the finishing of the perfect binding.

Long-grained paper Short-grained paper

Parallel to the long side

(short-grained paper)

When a long-grained sheet is used as the cover, the folded (spine) part is undulated so that the booklet is not neatly

binded. Also, the booklet is easily damaged by opening and closing the booklet repeatedly. It is recommended to use

a short-grained sheet, whose texture becomes parallel to the long side of the booklet.