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| The process of attaching loose
sheets of paper into a book or other multipage document with
either wire, thread, glue or other means. |
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Binding Workflow |
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Introduction to Prepress |
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Saddle Stitched
To bind by stapling sheets together where they fold
at the spine, as compared to Side Stitched. |
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Perfect
Bound
To bind sheets that have been ground at the spine and
are held to the cover by glue. |
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Case Bound
To bind using thread-sewn & glue to hold signatures
to a case made of binder board covered with fabric,
plastic or leather. Also called cloth bind, edition
bind, hard bind and hard cover. |
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Smythe Sewn
To bind sheets that have been sewn at the spine and
are held to the cover by glue. |
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Wire-O Bound
To bind using wire. Wire-O sets the standard for mechanical
binding excellence because it lies flat, opens 360 degrees,
is great for crossover images because it has no "step-up,"
unlike spiral wire and plastic coil. Wire-O is available
in many standard colors. |
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