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Graphateria's Products & Services
Folding & Binding Options
We offer a number different folding and binding options for our products. Descriptions for many of these following, though these are certainly not the only options available and custom work can be drequested as well.
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Binding Options
The most basic and commonly used binding for periodicals, booklets, annual reports, etc. This type of binding is achieved by inserting one or more right angle folded signatures inside each other and stapling them tother at the spine. For example a sixteen page magazine may contain two eight page signatures. The first signature would contain the first four and last four pages of the publication. The second signature would contain the center eight pages and be inserted inside the first signature, then stitched (stapled) and trimmed to the finished size.
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Perfect binding is commonly used for catalogs, directories and paperback books. It involves stacking a number of signatures on top of each other, then 'roughing' (grinding) the spines of the signatures before applying glue, so that the glue bonds the spine of the book better, and wrapping the cover around it. the book is then trimmed to its finished size.
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Case binding is simular to perfect binding except that it's used to produce hard cover books instead of soft cover books. Also, in addition to glueing, the sspines are frequently sown as well to make the book more durable.
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As with perfect binding and case binding, the signatures for a comb bound book are stacked, but that is where the simularity ends. After the signatures have gathered into books they are then trimmed before being bound. To comb bind a book the gathered and trimmed stack of signatures have a series of rectangular holes punched through the spine and then a plasic comb spine is inserted through the holes to hold the pages together.
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Spiral binding is a simular process to comb binding in that the signatures are gathered and trimmed to final size before binding. However, instead of punching rectangular holes throught the spine of each book and then inserting the comb, the required holes are drilled throught the spine, this can be done to several books at once. After the holes have been drilled, a machine is used to wind the wire through the holes in a spiral to join the pages.
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1210 South Adams St., Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-224-8717 Fax: 850-222-9581 |
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