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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards
My problem is I can find no evidence that ANY paper has EVER been cut with a hot wire. I worked for a printing company for 4 years, nobody there had ever heard of it, not even the old-timers.
If a wire is hot enough to cut paper how is it not setting stuff on fire, or at the very least scorching the edges? I think it's an urban legend that grew very long legs.
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Because the sheets were cut while damp. The rough cuts stemmed from when they were
too damp, so the story goes.
But yes, it makes me wonder where all the singed-edged printer's scrap went off to!