Perfect Bound
The perfect bound manual is often seen as the most 'professional' of the binding techniques as it offers the best looking finish.
What is it?
The printed and folded signatures are first gathered together. The cover is scored to the thickness of the spine, creating a channel or groove for the gathered signatures. Often, an additional score is placed on either or both the front and back covers to act as a
hinge to help prevent stress at the binding every time the cover is opened and to allow glue to creep over the edge.
The gathered signatures are pressed together and the bind edge is ground to expose the paper's fibers, hot glue is applied to the roughened edge, and then the cover is joined to the signatures and clamped until dry. The bound books are then trimmed on three sides
and finished.
Why Perfect Bound?
A perfect bound book is ideal for higher value products such as software user manuals with between 20 and 200+ pages. However, it is less suitable for reference manuals, for example, which may need to lay open flat on a desk. |
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