When I was a bindery department supervisor, I’d occasionally hear this at our production meetings, “Don’t worry, Andre will fix it." 'It' could be any number of errors, large or small…a job backed up incorrectly, shortages, poor register, inks that didn’t dry, lack of production time or an incorrect imposition.
Even if you never get near any perfect binding equipment, take a minute to watch this short video. For those of us involved in bindery work in any way, it contains a simple, relevant lesson.
Ask five experienced guillotine cutter operators how to trim a sheet and you’ll probably get five different answers. So who’s right? Unless one of them signs the paychecks, it depends.
A printing company production manager recently asked us about best practices for cutting paper on guillotine cutters. He writes, “I have a few people doing paper "their" way. I want to come up with one standard that everyone uses. I know there is a right way and a wrong way of cutting paper. However, I am thinking that some of my ways are incorrect.”
