Whether you want staple, comb, spiral bound, saddle stitch or 3-ring binders for your presentation printing, FedEx Office can help with any custom presentation binding requests.
Various paper and card stock covers are available, including white paper, colored paper, card stock and more. Finish your custom printing and binding with covers, transparencies and labels to enhance the look of a print presentation or financial report. Vinyl can be selected for both the front and back of both presentations and manuals, and may be printed with a logo or design. Ensure your manual printing is flawless and on budget, from initial consultation with a FedEx Office expert to production and delivery of the final project.
Custom manual printing can showcase your brand, products or services in full color for user manuals, training manuals, reference guides, year-end reports, product manuals, equipment booklets, training binders and business manuals. Choose to print a manual from various styles and finishing options. Use spiral binding or a 3-ring binder to deliver your custom manual and use either black and white or color manual printing.
If you will be performing a great deal of manual binding work, over time, that repetition could cause injury to your wrist or hand. Electric binding machines are considerably more expensive, but if that's what you need to avoid injury, that's what you should purchase.
Your budget is also an important factor to consider. Only you know what you can comfortably spend. However, if paying a few dollars more would make the difference between getting a binding machine that you constantly complain about and getting one that is up to the task, it is better to save up for the binding machine that would make you happy and allow you to achieve a smooth workflow.
Now that you've determined how you will use your new binding machine, it's time to consider features and options. Binding capacity: As noted above, a machine that cannot do what you need is not going to be of much use to you. Punching capacity: How many sheets your binding machine can punch at once may not seem like an important factor, but it is the biggest consideration when it comes to production rate. If you have a machine that only punches 10 sheets at a time, it will take twice as long as a binder that can handle 20 sheets at a time.
Manual or electric: Since there are two steps — punching and binding — needed to create a book, there are two places where you could benefit by automating the process. Some binding machines only offer electric binding, while higher-end models may also offer electric punching. Removable binding: Some binding machines come apart so that one person can be punching while the other is binding.
This feature can double your production rate. If speed is important to you, look for a binding machine with this capability. Edge guide: The edge guide allows you to center your sheets, so the position of the holes is consistent on all pages. This is an essential feature that is available, in some way, on all binding machines. However, pricier machines offer greater flexibility and control. Disengageable dies: The dies are what produce the holes.
With disengageable dies, you can select which pins punch and which do not. This is helpful if you have a half-punched hole at the edge of your paper that can't seem to be fixed by adjusting the edge guide. Disengage that die, and the pin will no longer punch that bothersome half hole.
Adjustable depth margin: This controls how deep into the sheets the holes can be punched. This is important when creating books with larger page counts because punching too close to the edge allows the pages to tear out more easily.
Built-in comb guide: If you need help figuring out what size comb you need for a project, look for a binding machine with a built-in comb guide to help you get it right each time.
Vertical feed: Some machines use gravity to help ensure that the pages are fully loaded into the machine before punching. You can easily distinguish these models because the pages load from the top. Storage drawer: Some binding machines have a built-in storage drawer where you can keep your extra combs. This is a nice feature, but it is not a necessity. Materials: Because of the nature of the work, your binding machine is going to take a lot of pounding.
Look for one with all metal parts if you want it to last. Also, rubber feet may help keep the machine from sliding. In this price range, you will also find machines with electric comb inserters. Using a binding machine to create books sounds like a long and intimidating process. However, it is a remarkably simple process that you can quickly master. Share Flipboard Email. A graphic designer, writer, and artist who writes about and teaches print and web design.
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