When it comes to all that a book bindery does, don’t let yourself get trapped into thinking they just bind books. There’s much more to what they do. Chicago businesses, schools, churches and non-profit organizations have so many reasons to utilize the services of book bindery professionals.
Binding
Starting with the obvious, binderies bind books, manuals, calendars, charts and just about any other collection you may have to put together. They use various techniques based on the client’s preference and the functionality of the documents being used. For example, one of the best methods to bind a manual that needs to lay flat is the wire-o method. Not only does this method allow the book to lay flat, it also allows the opposing pages to align with each other. Tinning is a way to bind items like calendars. A metal strip is used along the page’s edge and crimped, thus securing the pages.
Finishing
While tinning can be considered a finishing service, other services are more traditionally known as such. Some of the finishing services offered by binderies include:
* Hole Punching: Whether you need book bulks from a few pages to several inches thick, die punch patterns can offer different alternatives to meet your binding needs.
* Drilling: This is a much used method of converting sheets of books for loose leaf purposes, instructional manuals, sales materials or educational materials.
* Folding: Nobody wants to sit and fold hundreds of pieces of paper for mailings. A book bindery has folding machines that do it for you. Save time while increasing precision.
* Collating and Gathering: Sheet collating and gathering, when left to your personnel, is not only time consuming, it’s a waste of resources. A bindery can accurately and quickly collate and gather using state of the art equipment.
* Shrink Wrapping: We all know what shrink wrapping is, but we probably never thought about who does it. A bindery will shrink wrap bound items for shipping or for easy distribution.
One Stop
There is so much more to what a book bindery does than just bind books. Now that you know more about what they can do for your business, let your creativity go and start thinking about how you can use these services to bring out the best in your company, your product and your services.
Binding Edge has been serving the Greater Chicago area for nearly two decades. For expertise in binding, go to http://www.bindingedge.com.
