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Now
You Know!
From
the August What's Cookin'
Reader
Spreads or Printer Spreads?
There
is a significant difference between the two. It is
very important for the designer to specify the way
a file is built to ensure that your file is imposed
properly when we create a blueline. Unless
noted otherwise, we will impose files based on Reader
Spreads. Having folios on pages will also
help ensure your project is imposed in the proper
order.
Reader
Spreads
Reader spreads show consecutive pages
on each two page spread, exactly how they look
to someone who is reading the document. This is
the preferred way to layout your pages. |
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Printer
Spreads
Printer spreads do not contain consecutive
pages, but rather pages in the necessary order
for the printer so that when the document is printed,
folded and trimmed, all the pages will appear consecutively.
You do not have to set your file up as printer
spreads, our prepress workflow does that automatically
for you. |
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They
just called me a creep! (Also referred
to as shingling)
These
terms refer to the fact that the inner pages of saddle-stitched
books are actually narrower than the outer pages.
Each signature is nested inside the previous signature.
In effect, this means that each signature wraps around
a slightly narrower signature. Heavier paper stocks
increase the difference between the width of inner
and outer pages. The more pages of the book, the
more pronounced the effect of creep is.
If
you have folios, side bars, rules or any other repeating
graphic element near the face margin, and you haven't
adjusted for creep, the element in the center of
the book will be closer to the margin than the element
at the beginning or end of the book. If your margins
are too tight, your copy can actually be trimmed
off completely!
To
avoid this subtract 1/32" from the face margin
(move everything this far toward the gutter margin)
within each successive, interior page signature.
Keep each signature internally consistent, but make
this change from signature to signature.
Perfect-bound
books unlike those of a saddle-stitched book, are
all the same width. Therefore, you needn't compensate
for creep with these layouts.
Who's
Bleeding?
Printing
that extends to the edge of the page after trimming
is called a bleed. To ensure ink coverage to the
bleed edge, we require a 1/8" bleed on all documents.
That means that as you build your document, you should
extend color boxes and images to the outside of your
document an 1/8 of an inch. This is a common mistake
requiring additional work to correct.
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