Xerox manual Scoring, Types of folds, DocuColor 2000 series design guide

Scoring

Scoring is generally used when a fold needs to be made against the paper grain, or when jobs are printed on middle to heavy weight stocks that require folding. Scoring involves a long blunt edged rule that presses firmly down on a document, causing a crease in the paper. The paper is folded over the crease, reducing the chances of cracking.

If possible, avoid placing an image where a fold is to take place, and try to design the document so that the fold occurs in the direction of the paper grain.

Types of folds

A parallel fold means that the paper is folded parallel to the paper’s edge, no matter if the fold is made parallel to the long edge or the short edge of the paper.

A right angle fold takes the parallel fold one step further. It simply means that a fold falls at a right angle to the previous fold.

DocuColor 2000 series design guide

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