The Bindery

Welcome to the Bindery

Here we give your documents a professional, finished appearance and prepare them for distribution.

The Bindery offers the following:

Inserting, Collating, Folding, Cutting and Drilling Services
Useful services for inserting tabs or special pages into documents, collating and folding, trimming documents to size, and hole punching.

Binding Services

  • Stapling, spiral comb binding. Padding and Packaging Services
  • Finishing services for memo pads; plus, securing and packaging services. Inserting, Collating, Folding, Cutting and Drilling Services Collating and Inserting

Use these services to do the following:

  • Collate output from our copiers or offset press
  • Insert colored sheets between sets

Cutting

Use this service to cut multiple documents laid out on a single page.
The best way to get good results in cutting is by planning ahead during the layout stage. When designing small documents, make them proportional to an 8.5 x 11 inch page and lay out multiple documents on the page.

For example, for an 8.5 x 11 inch page: Proportional size – Forms per sheet

  • 3.5 x 5 inch – 4
  • 4.25 x 5.5 – 4
  • 3.25 x 8.5 – 3
  • 5.5 x 8.5 – 2
  • Minimum cut size: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch
  • We can cut approximately 500 sheets at a time.

Folding

We can fold your documents in any of the following ways:

  • Paper Sizes: Up to 11 x 17 inches
Shows examples of paper folded in Letter, Single, Fan and Double

Drilling

Our drilling equipment offers a choice of positioning and number of punches.

  • We can drill approximately 500 sheets at a time.

Stapling

Stapling is our least expensive binding method. We can bind up to 150 sheets of paper in this manner with one or two staples.

Other Bindings

Saddle Stitch
Saddle stitching produces the look of a magazine or booklet, with staples in the center fold.

Spiral (Comb) Binding
Spiral binding is a spiral notebook held together with a plastic coil. Sizes: 1/4″ to 3″ spine.

Padding and Packaging Services

Padding
Padding is the process used to create memo pads by applying a gum adhesive to one edge.

Packaging

  • Plastic Strapping – Secure documents with Plastic strapping.
  • Boxing – Insert documents into special boxes for mailing or shipping.