Paper Scoring
Designing a brochure or custom card? Add scoring to your project to make folding easier and to ensure your piece lays flat. As a premium online printer, Smartpress offers various finishing options, including different paper scoring types to suit your needs.
Scoring Process
Creating a crease in the paper stock so it will fold cleanly and undamaged, scoring can be done in three ways: by hand, by machine or by laser cutter. During this process, the crease line is pressed or embossed into the paper at the folding point.
Paper Scoring Types
1 Score
- One score line on a piece
- Include one set of tick marks in your PDF so we know where the score line should be
- Great for two-panel pieces like holiday cards and place cards
2 Parallel Scores
- Two score lines on a piece
- Lines must be parallel
- Include two sets of tick marks in your PDF so we know where the score lines should be
- Great for three-panel pieces like tri-fold brochures and traditional letter folds
3 Parallel Scores
- Three score lines on a piece
- Lines must be parallel
- Include three sets of tick marks in your PDF so we know where the score lines should be
- Great for four-panel pieces like brochures with a double parallel fold
4 Parallel Scores
- Four score lines on a piece
- Lines must be parallel
- Include four sets of tick marks in your PDF so we know where the score lines should be
- Great for five-panel pieces like brochures with an accordion fold
When to Use Paper Scoring
Part of our online printing services, scoring can be added to:
- Brochures
- Cards and Greeting Cards
- Announcements
- Restaurant Menus
- Invitations
- Business Cards
- Rack Cards
- Place Cards
- RSVP Cards
- And more!
Tips & Tricks
- If you’d like to do the folding yourself by hand, we highly recommend selecting a scoring option.
- We’ll score your online printing job and ship the pieces to you flat.
- You do not need to select a scoring option if you have selected folding.
- Include tick marks in your PDF so we know exactly where the score lines should be.
- If you need perpendicular scoring, please request a Custom Quote.