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Binding Options
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Need to find the right binding for your job? Best Value Copy offers a wide range of bindings that many of our competitors do not. With several styles to choose from you’re sure to find one that fits your needs.
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Comb
It's named so because it resembles a plastic comb. It binds the pages together through rectangular holes that are punched into the paper.
- Lays Flat on a Table
- Durable
- Front and back covers can be any combination*
- Max. capacity: Single-sided - 400 pages or Double-sided - 800 pages
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Plastic Coil
Plastic Coil resembles a plastic spring or coil. It literally coils through the pages through small holes that are punched through the paper.
- Lays Flat on a Table
- Durable
- Front and back covers can be any combination*
- Max. capacity: Single-sided - 425 pages or Double-sided - 850 pages
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Tape Binding
Exactly as it sounds a tape binding is a strip of tape with a glue coating on one side. When the tape is heated it is applied and it glues the paper together.
- Paper curves when laid on a table
- Not for heavy use
- Hard paper covers only*
- Max. capacity: Single-sided - 175 pages or Double-sided - 350 pages
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Booklet
Much like a magazine a booklet, also referred to as saddle stitch, is paper folded in half and stapled at the fold with 2 staples.
- Lays flat on a table
- Hard paper covers only*
- Max. capacity: Single-sided - 70 pages or Double-sided - 140 pages
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Wire
Resembling a metal spring it binds the pages together through rectangular holes that are punched into the paper.
- Lays Flat on a Table
- Durable
- Front and back covers can be any combination*
- Max. capacity: Single-sided - 250 pages or Double-sided - 500 pages
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Velo Binding
Velo is a flat plastic strip. There is one strip that lies on the front page and another that lies on the back page. These strips are connected through small holes that are punched into the paper.
- Very durable
- Does not lay flat on a table
- Front and back covers can be any combination*
- Good for legal industry
- Max. capacity: Single-sided - 650 pages or Double-sided - 1300 pages
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Perfect Binding
Perfect binding binds the pages just like your typical paperback book. Your choice of paper is wrapped around your pages and glue holds the pages to the binding.
- Paper curves when laid on a table
- Hard paper covers only*
- Min. capacity: Single-sided - 50 pages or Double-sided - 100 pages
- Max. capacity: Single-sided - 500 pages or Double-sided - 1,000 pages
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2 Staples on the Left
It's simply 2 staples punched through the pages along the left hand side.
- Paper curves when laid on a table
- Not for heavy use
- Hard paper covers only*
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Upper Left Staples
It is simply one staple punched through the pages in the upper left hand corner. This the most inexpensive way to hold pages together.
- Not for heavy use
- Hard paper covers only*
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*Some bindings can accommodate any combination of covers and others can only accommodate hard paper covers.
Choices include:- Clear plastic front and/or back cover
- Vinyl back cover - textured black
- Hard paper covers - print from a file or leave it blank. It can also be colored paper.
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