To Score Or Not To Score?

What are the different types of scoring?
Press Score: Allows the application of a score in line while the job is on press. A thin metal rule like a cookie-cutter is attached to an impression cylinder on the press and creases the sheet as it passes underneath.

Heat Score: A process that uses special presses that apply 350 degrees of heat to a cooper die that can score, stamp, or emboss in line during the printing process.

Rotary Score: Utilizes a specialized wheel attachment to folding equipment. The wheel rolls as pressure are applied as the sheet passes, creating a crease before folding.

Letterpress Score: This is the highest quality scoring process. It is an offline process in which a steel rule is set within a piece of wood locked to a metal frame that is clamped to letterpress machine and forces paper between the steel rule and the impression process.



Impact Score: It is generally used in short-run digital printing. This technique uses a knife-and -channel to strike the sheet and create a quality crease.



Wet Score: This is not a literal score; however, this process is used specifically for uncoated sheets. A water attachment sprays a thin stream of solution to the area desired to fold and creates a clean fold.



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