1. What is a folding

Folding is a necessary process in the printing industry, the work process of folding large-format printed sheets into a certain format according to requirements. The large-format paper printed by the printer must be folded to form products, such as product brochures, newspapers, books, magazines, sample advertisements, and so on.

Folding is a printed matter for the purpose of promotion. Generally, it is mainly based on manuals or event details that introduce product functions. The text content is relatively large, and it is convenient to carry. It does not need to be bound, and only needs to be folded to have many pages.

2. Commonly used paper

Coated paper, double offset paper, matte paper, kraft paper and various special papers.

3. The folding method of common folding

Folding pages are divided into double-folding pages, three-folding pages, and quarter-folding pages. Different folding methods have different sizes. No matter how many folds you want to do, it is reasonable to unfold the paper within the opening number range.

①Fold in half

②Fold in half

③Parallel fold

④Core-spun fold

⑤Vertical cross fold

4. Folding printing process

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Five, the working principle of the folding machine

The production process of cutting and inspecting qualified flat-sheet printing semi-finished products through the fence of the folding machine and the cooperation of the folding knife in different combinations.

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