A closer look at binding options for your brochure

Binding is an essential part of any printed brochure, affecting its look, handling and cost. We look at two of the most popular binding options used for producing booklets, brochures and magazines.

Stapled brochures

Known in the industry as 'saddle stitching', using staples is probably the simplest binding method available. It is also the most affordable, making it ideal for a brochure or magazine with less than 80 pages.

Saddle stitching is perfect for short runs requiring fast turnaround times. Equally, larger quantities can be produced more efficiently and economically.

For brochure and booklet production, we use a Muller Martini Primera MC. A cover feeder and six stations allow us to synchronise the process of gathering, stitching and trimming, and achieve high productivity levels while maintaining consistency. Using this system we can produce brochures from A6 right up to A3 in size.

St400 stitchmaster

Perfect bound brochures

Ideal for documents with between 32 and 240 pages, perfect binding uses glue to hold the pages together. A cover is wrapped around the inner pages, creating a flat spine. We offer a wide range of cover materials and finishes, such as soft touch laminate and blind embossing.

For perfect binding we use a Muller Tigra binder. This is set up with a cover feeder and 12 stations to handle gathering, milling and gluing. It also incorporates a three knife trimmer and allows us to produce high quality results.

We also have a thread sewn binding system. For more binding options, such as case and wire binding see How to choose the right binding for your printed document.

our offset presses

Printing

Today’s market requires printers to deliver high quality products with quick turnaround times. To meet this demand, we use a Heidelberg XL106, five-colour sheet feed litho press with Prinect Inpress Control 2. It significantly speeds up production by cutting make ready times, allows us to accurately control colour and registration, and provides a high level of consistency from start to finish. By continually monitoring production, we can maintain our high standards and ensure outstanding results.

We also have a digital printing press capable of producing offset-like results with high colour accuracy and consistency. Ideal for producing excellent value shorter print runs.

If you would like to know more about the brochure printing services we provide then contact our sales team.

 

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