- The process of cutting the product to its finished size.
The excess that is cut off is also referred to as the trim.
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Combining various roll sizes to be slit from a full width roll from the paper machine so that an acceptable percentage of the salable width will be used.
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The edge of the page of a printed product that actually extends beyond the planned dimensions of the final product.
This trim enables all the pages of a book or magazine to be cut to the same size in the final processing stages.