Cover Layout

• Keep the grain direction parallel to the spine.

• On thin books, avoid using cover stock thicker than 10pts.

• Ink, Varnish and all other coatings should not be in the spine or hinge areas inside the cover.

• Allow at least 3/16" more than the untrimmed signature size at the foot for a "glue trap".

 

Text Layout

• 1/8" grind-off margin is standard.

• If Bindagraphics is folding the project, call for imposition advice.

• Head, foot, and face trims should be uniform and at least 1/8" but no more than 1/2".

• Avoid two-pagers as the first or last signature. If this situation is unavoidable, the thicker the stock the better.

• Pack signatures high folio up on skids. Brick pack and do not crisscross in a lift.

• Light signatures (4,6, or 8 pagers) should be imposed to be adjacent to heavier signatures.