Hi! I am trying to make notepads from home. I use multipurpose paper, print 50 sheets that would fit 3 notepads, and then cut them with an HFS stack cutter. How do you keep paper aligned so that the image doesn't jump page-to-page? I have used the tool they provide and the side bar, but the paper still isn't completely straight. I don't think the issue is with my cutter since the scraps are straight, but I'm sort of new to this so any suggestions would be appreciated!
I’d cut as few pages as possible at once. The blade gliding across the paper causes it to shift by tiny increments. OR you could create a jig that presses the pages together while leaving a free edge for you to cut. Something like a book binding press- but narrow so the pages hang free on one edge. You could also consider buying your paper at the size you need so you aren’t cutting anything yourself
No it's so lame because it does come with something that presses the paper down but it still cuts slanted. I don't know if I'm not pressing it hard enough (I'd be scared of denting the paper though) or maybe I'm not aligning the paper correctly.
Publishing houses don't stack their pages even before cutting them; the stacks are slanted because the force of the blades will move the pages, and they're planning for that.
You can either experiment to figure out what that position is going to be for you, or just cut fewer pages at a time.