OTHER BINDING OPTIONS Comb (GBC) Binding Side/Corner Staples
Bleeds
A bleed refers to printing a color copy from one edge of the paper to the other without the standard borders by which most personal printers are limited. This is useful for printing brochures, posters, and other marketing materials. Often the paper is trimmed after printing to ensure the toner or ink runs fully to the edge and does not stop short of it.
Visual Guide
Below is guide on how to properly setup your file for Bleeds.
In order to print your file with a full bleed, there must be an additional 1/2" added to the overall dimensions. In FIG. 1 the file is setup at 9" x 11.5", the red shaded area will be cut off and the resulting final product will be FIG. 2, an 8.5" x 11" sheet with no white margins. This bleed setup works for any size document that you don't want a white margin on.
No Bleed Setup
If you are printing a file that doesnt bleed and your content goes to the edges of the document (see FIG. 3), your file will be shrunk to adjust for the 1/4" white margin when it is printed. The resulting final product will be FIG. 4, an 8.5" x 11" sheet with a minimum of a 1/4" margin on all sides.
When you are setting up your file it is best to know before hand if you want your document to have a bleed. This way you will know exactly how your document will look once printed and there will be no surprises when you receive the finished product.
Lightest weight paper available. Used for low cost 1 sided printing. The most common paper used on home inkjets. 92 brightness
20/50# Color Laser Bond
Lightest weight paper available. Good for 1 sided flyers. Colors below are pastels.
This paper type is availble in the following colors:
24/60# Laser White Smooth
Lightest paper recommended for 2 sided printing. Great for books, newsletters and Flyers.
24/60# Laser Color
Lightest paper recommended for 2 sided printing. Great for books, newsletters and Flyers. 96 brightness.
This paper type is availble in the following colors:
28/70# Laser White Smooth
Nice, smooth paper. Wonderful for high quality brochures and books. Most popular paper for 2 sided high end printing. 96 brightness
32/80# Laser White Smooth
Heaviest text weight paper we offer. Smooth satin-like finish gives beautiful look and feel. 96 brightness.
32/80# Glossy Text
Gloss finish gives magazine like look and feel. Nice for professional brochures and catalogs.
65# Glossy Cover
Lightweight gloss card stock. Nice for booklet covers and lightweight flyers.
65# Cover Laser White
Lightweight smooth card stock. Nice for a non-gloss finish on book covers and lightweight flyers. 96 brightness.
65# Cover Laser Color
Lightweight card stock. Great for BW booklet covers.
This paper type is availble in the following colors:
80# Cover Laser White
Heavyweight cardstock. Same weight as standard Business card.
Great for postcards and spiral bound book and booklet covers. 96 brightness
80# Glossy Cover
Heavyweight cardstock. Great for post cards and booklet covers with a glossy finish.
2-Part Carbonless
Carbonless paper allows you to write on the top sheet and have that writing transferred onto the sheet below. This 2-part carbonless paper includes White, and Yellow in that order.
3-Part Carbonless
Carbonless paper allows you to write on the top sheet and have that writing transferred onto the sheets below. This 3-part carbonless paper includes White, Yellow, and Pink in that order.
10pt / 100# Cover Laser White
Our heaviest cardstock. Great for postcards, business cards, promotional 1/4 sheet flyers and single-sided book and booklet covers.
10pt / 100# Glossy Cover
Our heaviest cardstock with a glossy finish. Great for postcards, business cards, promotional 1/4 sheet flyers and single-sided book and booklet covers.
28/70# Recycled White Smooth
100% recycled paper. Great for brochures, books, and the environment.
80# Recycled Cover
100% recycled cover stock. Business card weight. Great for postcards, book covers, and the environment
#10 Bright White
#10 Self Seal
#10 Bright White WINDOW
#9 Bright White
6x9 Bright White
9 x 12 Bright White
Tri-Fold / Letter Fold
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Half Fold
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Z-Fold
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Double Parallel Fold
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Gate Fold
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Booklet
The most basic and commonly used binding for periodicals, booklets, annual reports, etc. This type of binding is achieved by collating oversized printed sheets then half folding stapling them at the spine. For example a sixteen page 8.5" x 11" magazine is made up of 2 11" x 17" sheets printed double sided.
Perfect
Perfect binding is commonly used for catalogs, directories and paperback books. It involves stacking a number of pages on top of each other, then "roughing" (grinding) the spines of the pages before applying glue, so that the glue bonds the spine of the book better, and wrapping the cover around it.
Comb
As with perfect binding, the pages for a comb bound book are stacked, but that is where the simularity ends. After the pages are properly collated with or without heavy covers and/or clear plastic covers and black vinal backs they are punched with a series of rectangular holes through the spine and then a plasic comb spine is inserted through the holes to hold the pages together.
Spiral
Spiral binding is a simular process to comb binding in that the pages are properly collated with or without heavy covers and/or clear plastic covers and black vinal. However, instead of punching rectangular holes through the spine, slightly oval holes are punched through the spines. We then wind a durable plastic coil through the holes in a spiral to hold the pages together.
3-Hole Drilling
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Stapled
Although not usually thought of as binding. We can staple your copies together either by one staple in the top left corner of your document, or we can staple twice on the left side. Please note the difference between 2 staples on the left and booklet binding as booklets are printed on oversized paper and bookletized. We can staple a maximum of 45 sheets of paper together.