#Stapled booklet plus#

The wire is fed into the heads from a coil, cut to exacting length depending on the thickness of the booklet, and then formed into staples. The nested signatures are then stapled by precision stitcher heads. The bookletвЂ™s pages are now all nested together. Additional outer signatures fall onto the saddle with the cover being the last to be added. Photo 2 shows a signature being opened mechanically and preparing to drape down onto the saddle. Signatures are dropped one upon another with the innermost signature being the first to drop onto the saddle. These staples enter through the folded spine and are clinched between the centermost pages. Signatures are gathered together, nesting one inside the other, and are then bound through the fold line with wire staples. They are pulled into the machine from the bottom of the stack. These signatures are loaded into an appropriate pocket on the saddle stitcher. The first step is folding signatures, typically containing 4, 8, 12, 16, or 32 pages. It is equipped with signature recognition cameras, a feature that ensures signatures are in the correct position and none are missing or duplicated.

#Stapled booklet plus#

This fully automated binder can gather, stitch and trim up to a 96 page plus cover booklet at a size of 8.5вЂќ x 11вЂќ. Shown here is a precision 8-pocket MГјller-Martini Saddle Stitcher at Premier Print Group. If youвЂ™re not familiar with them, please check out our blog, What Are PrinterвЂ™s Signatures? The following will be discussing PrinterвЂ™s signatures. Examples: If you have a booklet with 36 total pages and you donвЂ™t want the cover to be heavier, you tell your printer it is вЂњ36 pages self-cover.вЂќ If you want the cover pages to be heavier than the body or on a different stock, tell the printer the document is вЂњ32 pages plus-cover.вЂќ вЂњPlus-coverвЂќ indicates the cover will be on a different stock, typically heavier than the body pages of the booklet. Saddle stitched booklets can be вЂњself-coverвЂќ which means all pages are printed on the same weight and type of paper. This is best discussed with your printer during the planning stages. Heavier and thicker paper will probably reduce the maximum number of pages ideally suited to saddle stitching.

For example, 60# gloss text is thin enough that you can comfortably saddle stitch up to 96 pages plus cover. The number of pages suited for saddle stitching varies depending on the type and thickness of the paper used for the interior pages. Saddle stitched booklets can also be easily 3-hole drilled for inserting into 3-ring binders.

They accommodate crossover images spanning 2 pages with ease. They can be small like a pocket guide or large like a road atlas. They can be created in portrait, landscape, and square orientations. Saddle stitched booklets are quite versatile. Saddle stitching is an excellent choice for binding magazines, catalogs, brochures, price lists, programs, wall calendars, newsletters, direct mailers, and more. Adding coatings to the cover can also add a special touch. Though a saddle stitched booklet is an economical choice, it can easily possess a 'WOW' factor through attractive design, vibrant color, and good paper choices. Saddle stitching is the most common and cost-effective method for binding booklets.