Binding Options

Now that your project has been designed and printed, the next step is to choose the binding. There are several options depending on the size and thickness of the project as well as the overall desired look.

First Impressions offers a variety of binding options to best suit your project needs.

Feel free to call us at 845-692-4490 or send us an email with any questions about binding.

Saddle-Stitch Binding - Uses one or more staples in the fold of a booklet or catalog. Best recommended for projects of 72 pages or less, dependent upon paper stock.

Side Stitch Binding - Staples the pages on one edge - either vertical or horizontal, rather than along the fold. Best suited for coupon books, raffle tickets, etc.

 

 

Perfect Binding - Glue is applied to the outside edge of the pages and then pressed into the cover. Best suited for annual reports, paperback books and magazines.

Case Binding - Pages are sewn together and attached to a hard cover. Best suited for hard cover books.

 

 

Plastic Comb Binding - Holes are drilled along the spine, and a plastic grasping device is inserted to hold the pages together. Best recommended for projects up to 3" wide.

 

 

 

 

Coil Binding  - A metal or plastic wire is spiraled through holes punched along the side of a stack of paper. Commonly used for reports, proposals and manuals. Documents bound with coil have the ability to lay flat and can rotate 360 degrees. Also called spiral binding.