Sappi Paper has a great educational series called  The Standard. The most recent version, The Standard 4, is all about Scoring and Folding. The printed book is a great reference detailing the basic styles of folding and scoring with a great section of do’s and dont’s

Check out this great video on the basics of folding.

http://youtu.be/kIXAbPZkTKk

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Please view the following videos to learn more on the diecutting process.

When you attempt to fold a piece of paper, in particular a sheet of cover paper, the resulting edge of the fold will be cracked and may have an uneven fold. To help minimize/prevent the cracked edge and uneven fold a score can be done where it is to be folded. A score can be done a couple of ways.

The 1st way is a litho score which is done on press during the printing process. A rule is attached to the cylinder of the press creating the score. A litho score can not be used if the score needs to go on the wet printing area.

The 2nd way is with a die score. This is done after the piece is printed and done using a steel rule. It creates a deeper score and will work better on heavier stocks. A die score can be done with different thickness to create different size channels. Whenever printing on a cover stock, especially one with heavy ink coverage, it is worth the expense to score the piece.