Gutter In Book Printing

A gutter is the section of the page that leads into the binding of perfect bound books and hard cover books.

Gutter in book printing. So nothing is lost when the book is held open. Sj a book with a gutter margin of 167 if that s what you mean would be almost unreadable and that s why i recommend a minimum gutter margin of 75 in most cases. Gutter is the term that refers to the spacing between the copies on the press sheet which is important to allow for bleeds and trimming. This process will cause a curve of the pages coming from the spine when the book is open.

The gutter is the space between each copy of your postcard on the press sheet. So yes you have a half inch margin on the left and the right to have white space to keep your book easy to read. Imagine a novel with text disappearing into the binding. In page layout the gutter is a slightly larger margin added to the inside edge of the page.

For example if you are printing a postcard multiple copies of the postcard will fit on a single press sheet. The gutter is the amount of the book that you lose to the binding process. Keep that in mind when laying out your book page. These two products have binding types that are clamped and held together with glue.

Gutter margin margins are the blank spaces around the type area on a book page but the inside margin has the special name gutter and it is always the margin on the bound edge of the book page. When you re looking at a book page spread you ll have two gutters together doubling the apparent space. The gutter goes on the left side of right hand pages and on the right side of left hand pages.