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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.