Pensord Technical Data
Finishing
– Insert Specification – A4 Bound-in Perfect Bound
A4 – 4 page Perfect Bound (Bound in) Insert Specification
5mm head trim allowance
Fold
210mm
210mm
Finished page width
Finished page width
FOOT
FOOT
HEAD
210mm
210mm
Finished page width
Finished page width
FOOT
Folded
5mm Foot trim
5mm Foot trim
3mm grind
off Bind
allowance
6mm
Binding
grind off
allowance
5mm Foot trim
5mm foredge trim allowance
Page area (including trim allowances) = 307mm x 218mm
Page area (After trimming) = 297mm x 210mm
Head Trim Allowance = 5mm - Foot Trim allowance = 5mm
Foredge trim allowance = 5mm - Bind grind off allowance = 3mm
If it is intended to UV Varnish the insert - the 6mm binding grind off area
plus 2mm each side (10mm in total) must be kept free of UV Varnish.
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307mm Page depth including trims
HEAD
297mm Finished Page depth
HEAD
Pensord Technical Data
Finishing
– Insert Specification – A5 Stitched-in Saddle Stitched
A5 – 16 page Saddle Stitched (Stitched in) Insert Specification
Knocked to the head
5mm head trim allowance
Fold
148mm
148mm
Finished page width
Finished page width
FOOT
FOOT
148mm
210mm
Finished magazine
Finishedwidth
page width
FOOT
Spine
148mm
210mm Finished depth
Spine
148mm
HEAD
16 page stitched in insert
should be supplied prestitched.
5mm head trim required
Foredge and Foot of
magazine ‘only’ should be
trimmed to the finished size.
The ‘Head bolt’ MUST be left
intact to allow the insert to
feed on the saddle stitch
machine
This Stitched-in
specification is for a
‘KNOCK to the HEAD’ final
bind
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215mm Page depth including trims
HEAD
210mm Finished Page depth
HEAD
Pensord Technical Data
Finishing
– Insert Specification – A5 Stitched-in Saddle Stitched
A5 – 16 page Saddle Stitched (Stitched in) Insert Specification
Knocked to the foot
Spine
Spine
148mm
148mm
Finished page width
Finished page width
FOOT
FOOT
HEAD
148mm
210mm
Finished magazine
Finishedwidth
page width
FOOT
148mm
148mm
210mm Finished depth
5mm foot trim allowance
16 page stitched in insert
should be supplied prestitched.
5mm foot trim required
Foredge and Head of
magazine ‘only’ should be
trimmed to the finished size.
The ‘Foot bolt’ MUST be left
intact to allow the insert to
feed on the saddle stitch
machine
This Stitched-in
specification is for a
‘KNOCK to the FOOT’ final
bind
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215mm Page depth including trims
HEAD
210mm Finished Page depth
HEAD
Pensord Technical Data
Finishing
– Insert Specification – A5 Stitched-in Saddle Stitched
A5 Single Leaf – (2 page) Saddle Stitched (Stitched in) Insert Specification
With binding guard - Knocked to the head
5mm head trim allowance
Binding
Guard
Fold
HEAD
80mm
minimum
Finished page width
See note 3
FOOT
215mm Page depth including trims
GUARD
148mm
210mm Finished Page depth
HEAD
HEAD
148mm
210mm
Finished Insert page
Finishedwidth
page width
FOOT
FOOT
Fold
Fold
1. A 5mm head trim is needed to enable the insert to be bound into the main
magazine.
2. All other edges must be trimmed to finished size.
3. The binding guard must be a minimum of 80mm wide or 1/3 of the
magazine ‘spine to foredge’ size – whichever is the greater.
4. The insert should be supplied folded.
5. The insert should be supplied boxed turned in minimum quantities of 100.
6. The insert can run with a front or rear guard – Publishers choice.
7. The insert can only be stitched ‘between’ sections.
This Stitched-in specification is for a ‘KNOCK to the HEAD’ final bind
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Pensord Technical Data
Finishing
– Insert Specification – A5 Stitched-in Saddle Stitched
A5 Single Leaf – (2 page) Saddle Stitched (Stitched in) Insert Specification
With binding guard - Knocked to the foot
GUARD
80mm
minimum
Finished page width
FOOT
See note 3
215mm Page depth including trims
148mm
HEAD
HEAD
210mm Finished Page depth
HEAD
Binding
Guard
Fold
Fold
FOOT
148mm
210mm
Finished insert page
Finishedwidth
page width
FOOT
5mm foot trim allowance
1. A 5mm foot trim is needed to enable the insert to be bound into the main
magazine.
2. All other edges must be trimmed to finished size.
3. The binding guard must be a minimum of 80mm wide or 1/3 of the
magazine ‘spine to foredge’ size – whichever is the greater.
4. The insert should be supplied folded.
5. The insert should be supplied boxed turned in minimum quantities of 100.
6. The insert can run with a front or rear guard – Publishers choice.
7. The insert can only be stitched ‘between’ sections.
This Stitched-in specification is for a ‘KNOCK to the HEAD’ final bind
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Pensord Technical Data
Finishing
– Insert Specification
Perfect bound Insert -2 page ‘bound in’ - Reader service card
Minimum Specification
110mm
10mm
100mm
Perforation
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Insert page area
150mm
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Minimum paper weight = 130gsm
Minimum Specification:
Perforation -The perforation should be
Minimum paper weight = 130 gsm
Minimum width = 110mm
Minimum height = 150mm
Minimum perf position from spine edge = 10mm
Perforation type = Paper perforation
a light (paper perforation) not a heavy card
Perforation as the feed mechanism on the
binding line will ‘pull’ the perforated strip off
the insert if too heavy a perforation is used
rendering the card un-bindable.
An insert can only be bound between sections
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