Spine Corner Forming Position Adjustment

You can adjust the cover paper of a perfect-bound book so that the spine is flat.

As an example, this section explains how to adjust the spine when it is 2 mm dented on the forward side.

• Meaning and Purpose of Spine Corner Forming Position Adjustment

  • When the spine of a perfect-bound book is not even in the scanning direction or is rounded or dented, this function allows you to adjust the spine so that it is flat, by specifying the desired value. Select the forward side of the spine ([Up/Down Forward Adj.]) or rear side of the spine ([Up/Down Rear Adj.]) for adjustment.

  • "-" value: Makes the spine rounder.

  • "+" value: Makes the spine straighter.

  • An example of adjusting the forward side of the spine ([Up/Down Forward Adj.]) is covered below.

• When to perform

  • When the spine of a perfect-bound book is not even in the scanning direction or is rounded or dented

•Intended Environment

Image Controller

Image Controller IC-604

Mounted finisher

Perfect Binder PB-503

* The sample screen may be different from the actual display depending on your system environment.

  1. Check the spine forming (straightness/roundness) of the spine (2) of the perfect-bound book.

    Check whether the forward side of the spine (2) is rounded or dented in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure below (horizontal scanning direction).

    • supplementary explanation(1) Left cover / (2) Spine / (3) Right cover

  2. On the touch panel of the main body, press Adjustment on the MACHINE screen.

  3. Press Finisher Adjustment on the Adjustment Menu screen.

  4. Press Perfect Binder Adjustment on the Finisher Adjustment menu.

  5. Press Spine Corner Forming Pos. on the Perfect Binder Adjustment menu.

  6. Press Up/Down Forward Adj.. Enter the adjustment value and press Set.

    Example: The forward side of the spine is extended (rounded) by 2 mm.

    Item

    Setting

    Up/Down Forward Adj.

    Rounding the forward side of the spine by extending it 2 mm (-20)

    • Press +/-, 2, 0, and Set to enter the value [-20]. This extends the forward side of the spine by 2 mm, straightening the dent.

    • supplementary explanationPress the keypad on the screen to set the value.

    • supplementary explanationUse +/- to specify the value to be positive or negative. Positive values make the spine straighter, while negative values make the spine rounder.

    • supplementary explanationThe values are in 0.1 mm increments. (1 = 0.1 mm)

    • supplementary explanationTo adjust the rear side of the spine, select Up/Down Rear Adj. and enter a value.

    • supplementary explanationPressing Print Mode switches the mode to print mode, which allows you to print the original.

  7. Print the original again in perfect binding and check the spine (2) forming.

    Repeat the above steps until the spine (2) is flat.