Northern Illinois University

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Finishing Services

Binding Services

  • Plastic Coil Binding - Different colors and sizes are available upon request. Our standard coil color is Black (maximum 250 20# sheets).
  • Saddle-stitching- binds stapled sheets together where they fold at the spine
  • Staple - bind sheets with staples. This can be placed in several positions on the sheet. A maximum of 70 sheets
  • Tape Binding - Thermal tape binding is available for pages up to 8 1/2 x 11 inches in size and quantities of 3 to 325 pages

Finishing Services

  • Collating -putting sheets in the proper sequence
  • Cutting
  • Drilling – and three-hole punch paper.
  • Folding:
    • Standard Folds
    • Letter Fold - 3-panel fold
    • Half Fold - 2 panel fold
    • Double Parallel Fold - 4 panel fold
    • Non-Standard Folds
    • Quarter Fold
    • Accordion Fold (also known as a Z-fold)
  • Perforating - making it easy to tear paper along the line
  • Scoring - so a sheet of paper folds more easily and accurately

Other services are available upon request. Contact us.