Bookbinding is the process of holding paper together to form an orderly stack of sheets for reading or writing.
Eco – All these binding techniques are fully recyclable.
Folding paper and card to make leaflets, book block sections and folders is a popular form of binding. You can specify single folds, roll folds, gatefolds, cross folds, Z folds, double parallel and endorse folds.
Top Tip:
If possible, have the grain direction of the paper line up with your fold to minimise cracking.
Saddle stitch binding uses staples through the centre section to hold the folded sheets together. Generally, the fastest and most economical form of binding it has a rounded spine. When used with thread instead of staples, it is called section sewn binding. We often use brass staples to create an antique timeless look.
Top Tip:
The thickness of saddle stitch binding is limited to around 3-4mm, above that you get binding creep which offsets your centre pages towards the foredge.
With a nice crisp square back, perfect binding uses flexible adhesive to hold the book block together. Starting at 3mm spine width you get the added benefit of printing on the spine. PUR binding looks the same but uses a superior glue and fusing process to make it 2.5 times stronger than perfect binding.
Top Tip:
Try and ensure the grain direction for the cover material is in the same direction as the fold.
Single pages are collated, hole punched and held together with wire in the shape of a cylinder. Sometimes called spiral binding, this process is great for presentation documents which need to lie flat when open. Suitable for between 4 and 360 pages this is a very versatile binding process for lower volume print. Hidden within a hard cover, this binding is known as Canadian and Half Canadian binding.
Top Tip:
Allow a decent binding margin in your artwork, you don’t want to punch through your text.
Similar to wiro binding above, the collated flat sheets are punched with a lesser amount of rivet holes. The nickel or chrome rivets do not allow the book to open flat but they do create a wow factor.
Top Tip:
Crease pages to help them fold open.
Still the classic binding method for holding reference papers that need regular and individual access.
This image is of the Rolls Royce and Bentley Motors brand guideline manual we printed in 8 special colours with embossing, debossing, foiling, spot UV varnishing and die cutting.
Top Tip:
Try and keep copy well away from the hole punched edge for optical page layout.
