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The fine line between standard and specialty

The fine line between standard and specialty

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The fine line between standard and specialty

- I get a lot of questions about what makes a folding style a specialty format. The crazy looking folding styles are obvious but some of the most basic looking folds can also cross an invisible threshold and silently become a specialty format. I've compiled a list of the unwritten rules of folding and I hope this helps to guide you in your decision making process. First, let's talk scale. Most folding styles fall into the standard size category, which means that they can be folded on standard sized folding machines but if you need to work in smaller scale or very large scale, the printer or bindery would need equipment that can handle miniature or large format folding. The question is when is a folding style considered miniature and at what point does a large format folding style have to bump up to large format folding machines? For small format, or miniature folding, if one finished dimension of your brochure is smaller than 2", it is considered miniature. Miniature folding is used a…

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