Draw: cover or first pages pulled
High severitySymptoms
Cover or top sheets shorter or with an inward-curved edge
Probable causes
- Dull knives pushing before cutting
- insufficient clamping
- wrong bevel for the stock
- tall book pile (on pile trimmers)
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The Print Guy · 2026-10-05
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