Digital BW, The Print

I start the folding process by placing crop marks, and two small dots in the card design where the ends of the fold should be.  These dots are small, near the edge, and are of a color that is not objectionable to the design.

I then make a jig from matte board to score the cards.  The jig has edge guides, and a scoring guide accross it.  I use the tip of a burnishing bone, used for finishing mattes, to make the score.  I use the dots printed on the design to align the card to the scoring guide.  My printers never feed a sheet of paper the same way twice, making these printed scorring marks a necessity.  

After the scoring, the card is carefully folded, and the fold smoothed with the flat side of the burnishing bone.  I then trim the card with deckeling sissors, or paper cutter to the crop marks.  Sometimes I dampen the edge, and tear the edge of the card.  Sometimes I dampen the edges, put a ruler where the trim needs to be, and tear the paper.  Sometimes this ruller has notches filed in it to cause an uneven tear.  This trimming dependes on the design of the card.

I do all the trimming last so that the edges of the card line up.

Ben




      

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