seaemwhykay
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We're currently working on a project that has historically been difficult to bind, they've added a couple more obstacles to the design this year and the standard creep just doesn't seem to cut it.
The booklet is 100 pages plus cover, 6 3/4" x 4", it's SUPER fat
The person creating the imposition (not sure what software they're using) enters the page numbers, stock thickness etc.. and a default amount of creep will pull the pages IN more and more as the pages get closer to the center of the book.
This is usually sufficient and the job can proceed
However, with the new design, the client added colour coded tabs to the bottom edge that bleed off of the page, so you can find a spot in the book when it's closed.
In the middle of the book, the tabs are cut far too much (not creeping in enough, text getting chopped) and the tabs at the back have all of the bleed showing (these pages are default position and are set to not creep at all)
Is it my understanding that some pages should creep inwards (the pages in the middle of the book) and some pages should creep, or be pushed, outwards.
If I cut the book to 4", the most outside page measures more than 4", the most inside page measures less than 4", therefore wouldn't it make sense to creep inwards for the most inside half of the book and push outwards for the outter half of the book?
The booklet is 100 pages plus cover, 6 3/4" x 4", it's SUPER fat
The person creating the imposition (not sure what software they're using) enters the page numbers, stock thickness etc.. and a default amount of creep will pull the pages IN more and more as the pages get closer to the center of the book.
This is usually sufficient and the job can proceed
However, with the new design, the client added colour coded tabs to the bottom edge that bleed off of the page, so you can find a spot in the book when it's closed.
In the middle of the book, the tabs are cut far too much (not creeping in enough, text getting chopped) and the tabs at the back have all of the bleed showing (these pages are default position and are set to not creep at all)
Is it my understanding that some pages should creep inwards (the pages in the middle of the book) and some pages should creep, or be pushed, outwards.
If I cut the book to 4", the most outside page measures more than 4", the most inside page measures less than 4", therefore wouldn't it make sense to creep inwards for the most inside half of the book and push outwards for the outter half of the book?