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8. How to make the most of your binding machine
Avoid loose pages!
Tip:
Always use the cover selector to ensure you have the correct spine width and thus avoid
loose pages.
If there are too many pages in a cover, the strip of glue will be insufficient for all the pages.
Do not pull out pages!
Tip:
Allow the document to cool down. When the document is removed from the machine, it
has cooled sufficiently to handled and read, but do not test the strength of the binding
immediately. A document with only a few pages reaches full strength after a few minutes.
But a thicker document will require longer time to cool down and attain maximum strength,
especially if the set of papers comes directly from a copying machine or printer.
Check that the paper you are using is suitable for binding!
Tip:
When using coated, heavy compressed, extra-smooth or thicker than usual paper, we
recommend that you first make a test binding to check that the strength of the bind is good
enough. The strength of some special types of paper is very similar to ordinary copy paper
whereas other types have characteristics that may reduce the strength of the binding. Using
special paper for one or two pages in a document will usually not cause any problems.
Even jogging!
Tip:
Always use the collating function on your copier/printer. On many copier/printers the sheets
can be collated into sets and delivered in a special output tray. For binding, it is always positive
to select the collating function. Normally the copier/printer jogs every sheet it collates. If the
standard output tray of the copier/printer is used, static electricity in each sheet of paper
may make it very difficult for the binding machine to jog the paper set properly. Such paper
set could result in poor binding strength.
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