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   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-03-06 13:17, Philip Herlihy wrote:   
   > In article , peter@silmaril.ie says...   
   >> This is called "imposition". Printing a book means arranging the pages   
   >> (usually) 16 (possibly 32) per side of a very large sheet (and therefore   
   >> 16 the other side) making a "signature", laid out so that when folded   
   >> and folded and folded etc and trimmed, page 1 has page 2 on the back of   
   >> it; then repeat for the next 32 (or 64) pages, and repeat, etc until all   
   >> X00 pages are accounted for. Printed off a reel of paper (confusingly   
   >> called a web) nowadays, and slit to sheets before folding. Then stacked   
   >> together, the spines abraded and glued (or sewn with thread for fancy   
   >> books), then draw on the cover (printed separately on board), glue it,   
   >> and give it a final trim.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > I don't know what the international availability of this is, but this is   
   > a BBC program detailing how hardback books are manufactured, with a good   
   > discussion of "imposition".   
   >   
   > https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027f48/inside-the-factory-   
   > series-9-5-hardback-books   
   >   
   > (rejoin link with no whitespace)   
      
   In Spain, I get:   
      
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