| Touching On Various Binding Options |
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| Written by Colleen Davis | |
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For booklet binding, you'll need a little more strength and stability to set up this multi-page marketing collateral. When paper clips and fasteners are not enough, you need to have a plan for putting together all those pages even before you set up your layout. In fact, you need a binding method to help you provide durability and clean appearance to your booklets. Sometimes, a binding method needs to have strategic margins to accommodate the holes where ring or spiral binders would come in. Then there's ¡creep for saddle stitching. Other binding methods may provide stability while others let you to lay open your booklet flat on a table top. Still some method needs special binding equipment to finish the job. Whatever your requirements, you have to consider several factors such as the purpose of your document, your need for durability, your costs, the overall appearance, and most importantly, your budget. Here's some of the most common booklet binding available for your next booklet printing venture: Saddle-Stitch Binding The most common binding method for small booklets, calendars, magazines, and pocket sized address books, saddle-stitching is made by folding several sheets of paper with staples attached in the fold. On the other hand, when your document is too large for the standard saddle-stitch, it may be side-stitched or stapled at the side. Just remember to place your staples a quarter or so from the edge of your booklet for additional allowance, and then a cover may be attached. Ring Binding Used for those publications that are regularly updated, ring binding utilizes stiff or slightly flexible rings that allow you to add or subtract anytime from your booklet pages. The rings are also good for easy opening and closing of your marketing collateral. Most of the time, binders are custom-printed and lets you to include cover pages as thick as clear protectors on the front as well as the back and spine. Ring binding usually comes in three ring binders and in different sizes. Thermal Binding As its name suggests, thermal binding applies heat to the booklet to allow for a strong and neat binding. Printers usually apply cloth or plastic strips infused with heat to create a sturdy bind. One common brand of thermal binding is the Fastback where your booklet is bound by cloth strip or tape at the edge of your document. In addition, thermal binding allows your document to open flat. It may be used with or without a cover. Comb, Coil and Wire Binding For a less costly binding that lays open on a flat surface, you may use a comb, coil, or wire binding. Plastic comb binding uses plastic with teeth that can fit onto your paper holes. A coil bind can either be made of wire or plastic that passes through many small holes located on the side of your document. For a sturdier type of binding, you may want to use the Wiro or double loop wire binding. However, all three binding methods need more time to finish because you can only do a few pages at a time for a proper fit. Next stop, your booklet printing company. |
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