
User Manual
MAN10239-01 40
Passbooks
Minimum Maximum
Paper Weight 75 g/m
2
120 g/m
2
Thickness (overall, within cover spine) 2.7 mm (0.106 in.)
Multiple Page Passbooks (except cover spine)
Horizontal/vertical Fold 0.28 mm (0.011 in.) 1.80 mm (0.071 in.)
Thickness difference across the fold of an open passbook
Horizontal/Vertical Fold - 1.52 mm (0.059 in.)
Single Page Passbook or Ledger Cards 0.18 mm (0.0071 in.) 0.28 mm (0.011 in.)
Covers 0.18 mm (0.0071 in.) 0.46 mm (0.018 in.)
o Passbooks with torn, folded, creased, incomplete or warped pages or covers should not be used.
o Printing on or across holes, edges, cut outs or folds is not permitted.
o Passbook covers must be of uniform thickness under the printing area.
o The fold of all pages and the stitching must coincide with the cover fold. The stitches should be
spaced at 6 to 10 stitches per inch.
o Fiber flow on the inner sheets should be parallel to the center fold.
o The cover bulge and stitches (spine) must not exceed the following dimensions: