The Perfectback® strip is only part of the secret to
making a good-looking paperback book. For the best results,
the covers should be scored. A score is a crease in
the cover that acts as a hinge for heavy cover stock.
As with many tasks in the printing industry, the set-up
for scoring is where most of the expense lies. To avoid
this problem-and to ensure a perfect score every time-Powis
Parker has developed the Scoring Machine. The Scoring Machine
is easy to use, but it is not entirely intuitive. Once
learned, however, you can produce perfectly scored covers in no time. In this first part of our tutorial on How
to Make Paperback Book, we will explain how to use the
Scoring Machine. Although the Scoring Machine is set
up after the book block is bound, we wanted to cover
this first so that we can examine the binding process
in a separate article. If you have any questions about
the terminology used in this tutorial, please reference
the Scoring Machine User's Manual.
NOTE: For this tutorial, we will be using a cover that
has a spine title printed on the cover (see figure 1).
For covers that do not have spine printing, you must
determine the spine position with either a line, or
score marks. The cover weight for this sample is 216
g/m2.
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