A company guide is an essential reference for employees. The guides may include the company history, mission statement, and breakdown of specific instructions. New employees may receive the guide to learn more about the company and the way operations work. No matter what your company guide entails, you can put together a professional product with print services.
Along with crisp and clear paper product options, you can keep company guides together with proper binding. Learn about your binding options and ways to present the manual in a professional manner.
Saddle Stitch
Folded similar to a magazine, a saddle-stitched binding is ideal for smaller guides and manuals. You can use the stapled binding to put together printouts with glossy full-color pages that include company details and information. The saddle-stitched binding features a thin edge and no spine. The prints are easy to stack together or display on a coffee table.
The binds will typically feature two staples near the top and bottom. Thicker prints may rely on a third staple in the center.
Plastic Coil
For page-by-page manuals, employees can easily access specific pages and directions with a plastic coil binding. The coil is forced through each page and loops around so employees can stay open to a specific page or lay the printout flat on a desk.
The plastic coil comes in multiple color finishes to help match the theme of the print or your branding. You can select the same color coil for every print or multiple colors to add a variety to the print finish.
Wire-O Binding
A similar binding to the plastic coil is wire-o binding. The binding is made of a metal wire as opposed to plastic. The binding has more durability and is an ideal option for work materials not used in a traditional office. The durability of the metal wire makes the finished printout easy to travel with.
You can select from multiple metal finishes for the binding, including silver, bronze, or black. The shaping of the wires allows the wire-o binding to work with both large and small print projects.
Perfect Bind
If you're looking for something similar to a book, then consider a perfect bind printout. Each page is individually glued to a binded cover. The cover of the printout is typically a thicker card stock option that has a glossy finish and is ideal for covers with photos and company logos.
The thick binding allows you to print titles on the spine and easily place the printout on a bookshelf. If you print out new guides or books periodically, then the spine details are ideal for organization as your library of materials grows.
In some cases, a perfect bind may also be called a padded binding. Both processes are similar as glue holds book pages together. A padded bind may be considered a more durable binding with more glue along the spine. A padded bind may be useful in thicker books with more pages.
Three-Hole Punch
One of the quickest ways to bind a book together is with a three-hole punch process. Professional printers use heavy-duty hole punchers to ensure all the holes line up evenly. The pages keep together with brass fasteners pushed through each hole. While the process works for any type of print, the three-hole punch is ideal for mainly text-based printouts.
You can hold huge stacks of paper together with the three-hole punch, and the binding option is ideal when you need a lot of copies to hand out to employees. The binding is ideal for printouts you plan on recycling in the near future. You can easily remove the brass fasteners and recycle the paper when needed.
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