Pleger, John J · Chicago : The Inland printer company · leaf 95
inches;one-eighth of an inch is trimmed off the head, the balanceofl: the tail, while the fore edge has one-eighth of an inchtrim. These books, when returned for permanent covers,as they frequently are, have one-sixteenth of an inch 80 BOOKBINDING trimmed off the head and tail, and one-eighth of an… … TRIMMING 81 an inch trim at the head. This enables the printer tostandardize forms without varying the head margins, andgives the binder sufficient margin to trim in accurately-folded sheets. To trim books on a cutting machine, take as many aswill make about three inches, and jog at the head…
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