Cover Spine Width Calculator – Section Swing / Perfect Binding

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    • #1582
      Rakesh Bhardwaj
      Keymaster

      Hey, you can use the below script to calculate spine of a book with any number of pages using paper with any grammage… enjoy…!!!

      Calcualate Spine easily!






    • #26765
      Rohan Khanna
      Participant

      @Rakesh Bhardwaj Tried the script with the gloss paper setting and it calculates the spine width pretty accurately for my print job. However, when I switched to matt, the thickness seemed slightly off compared to physical measurements—might be due to how the script handles paper compression. Still great for a quick estimate though!

    • #27032
      Priya Khanna
      Participant

      @Rakesh Bhardwaj Just a quick note: when calculating the spine width, make sure you’re using the correct paper thickness, not just grammage. Grammage measures weight per area, but thickness varies even within the same grammage depending on paper type. Also, double-check that your script accounts for any extra allowances needed for swelling in certain bindings like perfect bound versus stitched. Otherwise, looks handy!

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