Creating A Hardcover Book - Powis Parker Hardcover Guide Manual Del Usuario

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FASTBACK HARDCOVER GUIDE USER'S MANUAL, REV.:C 06/09/05

CREATING A HARDCOVER BOOK

Fastback Hardcovers™ are currently available in
many popular sizes, from 81⁄2" to A4. You may
select from Suede and premium Composition
covers as well as Library and Art cloths, with a
great choice of colors and materials. Check with
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your dealer for more information.
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Before binding your pages, place folded
Fastback® endleaves at the front and the back of
your printed pages (Fig. 1). The folds should be
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at the spine side of your pages.
Insert this book block (with the endleaves folded
end down) into the binding cavity of the Fastback
binder (Fig. 2) Bind the book block using a
Hardcover Linen strip. This strip was specially
designed for binding hard cover books. They are
more flexible than other strips so there is less
stiffness when turning the pages, plus they give an
enhanced look to your book.
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For a traditional finishing touch, add headbands to
the top and bottom of the spine after binding the
book block. Refer to page 7.
The correct cover spine width is determined by
the thickness of the bound book block. After your
book block has cooled, place it between the right
purple cover stop and the slider handle at the
front right corner of the Guide. Slide the handle
against the book block (Fig. 3). The horizontal line
points to the letter size of which cover width
to use. Covers are available in six sizes, A-F.
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When using wider covers (sizes C to F), it is
necessary to use the plastic spacers provided with
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the Guide. Without these spacers, the book block
may skew, resulting in an imperfect bind.
The spacers are stored in slots at the rear left
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corner of the Guide. We have provided three
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spacers, although you only use two at a time.
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The third one is an spare. To use the spacers,
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push them into the lettered slots on the cover
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stops as indicated by corresponding width (Fig. 4).
For example, for an E width book, the spacers
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should be inserted in the slots marked 'E'.
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