John,
Jef is doing something which I'd honestly never before considered or
heard of, which is to print double sided (on 9.5"x12.5" paper), then
tape pairs of pages together in booklet order, then staple on the
*tape*. Not only does it make oversize booklets viable, It's actually
better than regular booklets because tape makes a much better hinge
than folded paper.
I'm very disappointed in the VPC system -- it's fast, but it's a
terrible long-term solution. If the parts see any use at all, the
pages are constantly coming out, and I'm always having to add
reinforcing strips of tape inside the booklet. Jef's solution is
actually very clever -- Jef, when you're not using electrical tape,
what do you normally use? Any tips to keep the layers of tape from
sticking to each other?
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 10 Feb 2007, at 11:54 AM, John Howell wrote:
At 3:36 PM +0100 2/9/07, shirling & neueweise wrote:
I'd really like to know, how you bind your music with it. Do you
only stick two pages together, or do you make real booklets with
more pages? How?
i print to 9.5x12.5 2-sided, then prepare as a booklet, one piece
of tape per pair of pages. tiny bit of space between the pages
varies according to whether they are "outer" or "inner" pairs (so
the right edges are even in the end) then lay the pairs on top of
each other in order -lightly so they don't really stick together
yet), bring outer edges together, tap vertically on table to align
everything, grab the part on the binding (to hold it centred) and
staple twice in the bind with one of those long-armed staplers.
simple, effective, flat, lies flat. don't remember exactly but i
think i did 62 parts (~3 pairs of pages avg.) in around 2hrs.
I guess my 3-dimensional perception just hasn't kicked in yet this
morning, but I can't picture where the tape goes in a booklet, or
why you would use it. I too favor booklets unless I have a part
with absolutely NO possible page turns and I have to find another
solution, but after fitting the pages together I simply staple them
on the fold, as you do.
John
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