Many binding styles are available through Media Services Printing &
Bindery Services. Listed below are the specific styles and the location
of the services on campus.
| Perfect Binding |
| Perfect binding is a form of binding books with a wrap around
cover where the inside pages are actually glued into the spine of
the book, as is done with paperback books. This type of binding
is ideal when printing on the spine of the book is needed. Perfect
binding is available for books ranging in thickness from one-eighth
inch to two inches. |
| Cutting |
| Our in-house printing facility is equipped with two large commercial
paper cutters that allows us to offer cutting operations on several
types of material up to 26" X 40". |
| Folding |
| Our equipment can handle almost all folding tasks on larger formats
or small ones such as stationery. |
| Saddle Stitching |
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Saddle Stitching is a form of book binding which uses collated
sheets folded in half and secured with two staples in the centerfold.
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| Padding |
| Padding is a glue compound that is applied to hold sheets together.
Padding is most commonly seen on notepads, forms and carbon-less
NCR paper. |
| Shrink Wrapping |
| Shrink wrapping is a process in which finished products
are wrapped in plastic for protection. It is very useful when products
such as forms or brochures are handed out in several areas. Shrink
wrapping can be done in any amount requested. |
| Hand Collating |
| Printing Services is set up to offer all types of hand collating
operations. Using our hand collating process can be very cost effective
for departments that have several pieces of material that need to
be gathered and placed into envelopes. Hand gathering can become
very costly when using office and clerical staff. With our facility
and set up, gathering of material can be done very quickly. |
| Labeling & Wafer Tabbing |
| Printing services offers both hand peel-off labeling
and heat sensitive automated labeling. Heat sensitive labeling is
the most cost-effective method since it is done by machine. Wafer
tabbing places a round adhesive seal on the open edges of printed
materials to make sure they remain closed. |
| Numbering |
| Printing services offers numbering of your printed
material. Numbering is most commonly used on medical record forms
and similar items. Numbering can be provided in either black and
red ink. |
