Spiral Bound Books (Booklets / Catalogs)

Why is a coil-bound piece a great option?

Because you receive your manual, presentation, book or notepad assembled and shipped to your exact instructions.

• It's inexpensive and rich
• Can be rushed for same day production if necessary.
• Landscape and Portrait formats are possible.
• Landscape books can have a large display area of 8.5" x 22" which is very useful when large images and copy are necessary on the same spread
• The largest sheet size that we can put a coil to on the 11" side is 11"x17", that produces an open viewing area of 11"x34"

Which products is Coil Binding used in?

• Coil Bound Presentations
• Coil Bound Product and Training Manuals
• Coil bound business or sales proposals
• Store Notepads
• Personal Diaries
• Educational use for teaching, learning and evaluation
• Attendees handouts at seminars and conferences

Why choose spiral binding with a plastic coil as opposed to other binding methods?

• All the pages of the document are kept assembled and in strict order
• Flipping around pages for comfort
• Fast and simple to order
• Low minimum orders
• In case of errors, quite easy to replace sheets

Can I order the coil in different colors?

• White and black plastic coils are the standard.
• Many others colors are available as custom order.

Which paper is suggested for spiral bound books?

Each of the options has certain merits.

Paper on which you can easily write with a pencil or pen

• 20# copy paper. Economy option
• 24# paper (recommended) - Less see-through
• 28# paper - Feels good

Paper that is optimal to print nice pictures but where writing is less friendly

• 80# gloss text (lighter alternative)
• #100 gloss text (suggested)

If I order a clear plastic for the front and a black plastic cover for the back, do you recommend using a hard printed cover under the clear plastic?

• The plastic front and back covers protect the book itself
• Nothing will replace the feeling of a nice and thick cover for the front of the book, which your clients will see and feel over and over when browsing the document.
• Hardcovers make the publication much stiffer, eliminating some flimsiness
• People interpret a thick cover as a more trustworthy document

What are the steps needed to produce spiral coil binding? At which stage of the production process are the paper and covers punched?

• First Step: Printing and collating. All the elements of the book have to be assembled, starting with the document, followed by the printed covers and the plastic protections.
• Second Step. Using the punching-binding machine. The next step is to punch the document and its covers keeping the order. A heavy-duty punching machine is used. After the punching has taken place, the binding machine will insert the coil and roll it so that it "knits" all of the pages through all of the punched holes.
• Third Step: Securing the plastic coil to prevent it from coming out: A special plyer will cut and bend the coil to reduce the chances of it coming out.

Can I make a spiral-bound book at home?

• In order to make a book, you need a printer, a punching machine, a coil binding machine, a coil inserter, a plier, coil binding supplies such as coil and plastic covers. and plastic.
• Replacing pages at your office could be hard if you don't have the tools. Even if you order the pre-punched sheets from your print provider, there might be some misalignment on the punch.

Sheets Guide: How many sheets can you assemble with each size of coil?

The estimate reflects 20# copy paper for a reference. Other types of paper are thicker, which will reduce the number of sheets indicated in this guide

Note that the diameter of the coil is indicated in milimiters.

Table with coil size and number of sheets