Mechanical binding is the method of bookbinding that uses a metal or plastic filament to bind the pages of a book together, allowing the book to lay flat. This method delivers accurate crossovers, is economical for short runs, and offers plastic variants available in many colors. For manuals, school agendas, cookbooks, calendars, and notebooks, mechanical binding is a time-tested binding style.
Wire-O binding: Wire-O binding uses a double wire to spiral bind a book, forming a continuous hinge of double loops of wire to hold the book covers and leaves together. This is a versatile solution for many bookbindings needs as it is durable, lays flat, very cost-effective, can be opened past the lay flat limit and fold over onto itself, and gives a more finished look because the connectors and hinges’ ends are hidden on the inside back cover. Facing pages will also align perfectly.
Plastic coil spiral binding: Plastic coil spiral binding is run through a series of closely-spaced holes near the gutter margin of loose pre-collated sheets. There are multiple colors, size, and pitch options for plastic coil and the resulting book product are crushproof, durable, has a clean modern look, and is very economical.
Plastic comb binding: Plastic comb binding is a plastic binding filament with regularly spaced teeth that open so they can be inserted into the punched holes and closed to secure the binding. It is economical for short runs, can have imprinted on the spine, comes in multiple colors, facing pages align, and can be opened to have additional pages added. For more information at
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