Dr. Werner Popken wrote: >> I thought...what if easypose could do that? >> > > Should be no problem for you to print any kind of picture, right? The > sum of the stripes should be the total height of the picture. > > What I don't understand: How do you manage to print exactly up to the > trimming edge? After all, you print first, then trim. The painter will > apply the image to the trimmed pages, you will have to do it first. > > The only way to do it is with super exact print marks (quite easy) and > super exact binding (next to impossible, I guess). So when you trim, > print marks will be of no use. Usually, there is a 3-5 mm margin > tolerance for trimming. This is really much! > I think it just shows the art and precision of trimming in the pre-computer days. Not likely to be a mass-production process. I was especially impressed by the combination of fore-edge printing and gilding the edges of the pages as shown in one of the video clips. Perhaps Louis has some idea of what it takes to do this.
Greg
