Binding Guide

Newman Thomson — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:09:58 +0000

Here at Newman Thomson we can offer a wide range of folding and binding options for your digital or litho print job, whether it’s a 4 page leaflet with a simple single fold single sheet , or a perfect bound book you can be sure our expert team produce exactly the result you are after. Our binding guide below gives you a visual representation on what’s what and how it works.

Below are examples of the most common folds and bindings which we offer. For more information about setting up your artwork for specific types of job, please visit our artwork guide here, contact us here, or call our friendly and knowledgeable team on 01444 480700.

We have a selection of templates available for die cut folders here.


4 page single fold	6 page gate fold	8 page gate fold	6 page concertina fold	6 page standard fold

8 page parallel double fold	8 page concertina fold	Broadsheet SRA2 double folded to A4	6 page gate fold with flip	8 page parallel map fold

8 page reverse map fold	10 page concertina fold	12 page standard letter fold	12 page concertina letter fold	endorsement fold

portrait (upright)	landscape (wide)	6pp cover with text-throw-out at front & back	cover, flysheet & text	cover with two text sections

perfect bound	folder with diagonal pockets	folder with horizontal pocket	folder with vertical pocket	folder with L shaped pocket

saddle stitching	stab	wiro binding	loop stitching

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Cutter Guides

Newman Thomson — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:46:53 +0000

Cutter Guides Explained

What are cutter guides? If your print job requires extra finishing, or die-cutting, such as a folder with a pocket, point of sale material, such as shelf wobblers or a die cut business card, you may be asked to supply the printer with a cutter guide. It is essential that these guides are set up correctly to ensure the job ends up as you had planned.

If you are designing a job that will require die cutting there are some considerations to take into account. Timescale and cost being the two main considerations, a die takes time to produce and will add onto the timeframe of your job, dies can also be quite costly. To make our customers lives easier we have range of downloadable die cutter guides for a wide range of products including folder, cards, swing tags, shelf wobblers and many other items. By designing your artwork to fit with our existing cutter guides you will save both valuable time, and money.

If you need help designing a cutter guide, then we have a ‘how to make a cutter guide” blog here.

How to use a cutter guide

Place the Cutter Guide on a page within a picture box so that the complete Guide can be viewed as a whole. Place some “guides” leaving a healthy border (say 10mm) within the confines of the Guide and enter text etc within the Guides. If an image is to bleed make sure it exceeds the limits of the guide by 5mm. Bear in mind that the flap(s) fold up or in and the image needs to be located so that the orientation is correct when viewing the final finished item.

The cutter guide is only needed on the “outer” image however if it is needed to create the “inner” it needs to be “flipped” to backup the outer. The final PDF can be made with the Cutter Guide in place as we will remove it or recolour it accordingly.

We have cutter guides available for the following products:
Folders
Hangers
Cards
Wallets
Bottle Neck Tags
Swing Tags & Labels
Shelf Wobblers
Table Talkers

We regularly update our list of cutter guides, these being the most popular. If however you can’t see what you are looking for, please contact us, we have hundreds of cutter guides in stock and may have something suitable for your application.