Five Ways to Punch and Bind Your Documents   by Jeff McRitchie

Have you ever wondered how you can punch and bind your own documents? If so, you’re in luck because there are five easy ways you can do so. Check them out:

• Comb Binding. If you want a quick and easy binding method, comb binding is the way to go. This method involves using plastic combs that are up to 2″ in diameter. A good comb Binding Machine will have both a hole punch and a comb opener. Just punch holes in your paper and you’ll be ready to bind your work. Comb binding is great for both personal and professional use.

• Coil binding. Do your documents need a bit of color? If so, you should use color coils. These supplies are available in more than 50 great hues including purple, blue, and even fluorescent green. Coils can be used to bind work that’s up to 440 pages long. They allow the pages of your work to lay flat so your readers will have an easy time perusing it. When looking for a coil binding machine, make sure it comes with a pair of crimping pliers. You need them to finish the binding process and keep the book together.

• Wire binding. If you want your documents to look as professional as possible, you should bind them with wire spines. Wire spines always add a touch of class so they’re perfect for documents that will be shared in meetings, given to clients, and so on. There are a lot of wire binding machines on the market and nearly all of them have hole punches and wire closers. These devices can be easy to use so you’ll be able to bind your work without any problems. Good devices are made by Fellowes, Akiles,and DFG.

• Using binders and a three-hole punch. Using three-ring binders is often one of the best ways to bind your documents. Binders are inexpensive and they can be used for just about any document including school assignments and marketing materials. Some of these supplies even have clear overlays so you can design and show off a customized title page. Also, using binders is easy. Just punch holes in your paper with your three-hole punch and stick it in the binder. It doesn’t get much easier than that.

• Use a paper drill and screw posts. Are your documents really long? If they are, you can still bind your documents as long as you have a paper drill and screw posts. A paper drill is simply a machine that can drill holes in your document and these machines can usually process hundreds of sheets at a time. Screw posts are just long pieces of metal that can be inserted into the holes in your work and then fastened. These supplies can be used to bind documents that are up to 5″ thick which is pretty amazing.

Those are five ways that you can punch and bind your documents. Doing this is very easy and it will make your documents look great, so be sure to give one of these methods a try today.

About the Author

Jeff McRitchie is the Vice-President of Marketing for MyBinding.com. He regularly writes articles, reviews, and blog posts on topics related to bookbinding, laminating, paper shredding, and office equipment. More than 2,500 of his reviews have been published in thousands of locations on the Internet. If you’re looking for information about binding machines, his articles are a great place to start.

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