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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B
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!
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If you've ever taken a sheet right off an offset press they are basically dry. If they weren't you'd have ink everywhere. This idea that the paper is wet enough to not burn when sliced by a hot wire just flies in the face of everything I know about printing.