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Raff Printing Keeps It Together With A Full-Service In House Bindery Operation.
From collating, folding, stapling and gluing to saddle stitching, perfect binding, mechanical binding and more, Raff Printing helps print projects go from concept to completion within a single-point location on Pittsburgh's historic South Side.
Our Process
We Print AND Bind. You Save Time AND Money.
From short-run smaller booklets and presentations to medium-sized manuals and publications to larger books and print runs, Raff Printing has the in-house capability and binding connections you need for the highest quality jobs you're looking for.
Stapling and gluing. Coil, comb and spiral binding. Saddle stitching, lay flat binding, perfect binding and more. If it can be stapled, glued or bound, chances are Raff Printing has done it — or arranged for it cost effectively — over the course of our last 70+ years in business.
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Our Bindery
Multiple Bound Product Types From Raff’s In-House Bindery.
Bringing it all together cost-effectively and attractively is the reason our bindery department is so busy all the time.
- Magazines, Books & Annual Reports
- Stock & Customized Direct Mail Printing
- Flyers, Brochures & Corporate Communications
- Point Of Sale, Promotions & Advertising
- Business Cards, Business Collateral & Stationery
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Print Binding Customer Support FAQs
Simply put, binding is the process of holding multi-page projects together along a single side or “spine.” Depending on the intended use of your project, the type of cover you’d like to feature and the number of pages in your booklet or book, Raff offers a variety of binding options in-house. We can also sort, package, and ship your finished book materials as you see fit — to one, several, or dozens upon dozens of locations.
- Saddle Stitch Binding — Uses two large staples to bind a thinner multi-page project along a folded spine. The most common method of bookbinding, available on finished products up to a quarter inch (approx. 64 pages including cover).
- Square Binding — A saddle-stitched binding that is scored and folded, resulting in a look similar to perfect binding.
- Coil Binding (plastic or double wire) — Allows your bound book to open flat and rotate 360 degrees. Durable and cost-effective for heavily used documents; available in multiple colors. “Wire-O” binding uses looped metal wires for a more elegant finish.
- Perfect Binding — The soft-cover paperback standard. Pages are squared off, glued, and fitted with a soft cover. Accommodates up to an inch thick and hundreds of pages, with title information displayable on the spine.
- Case Binding — Also known as hardback binding. The only type we do not provide fully in-house, but Raff partners with an experienced case binding vendor to handle your hardback needs cost-effectively.
Budget, size of pages, number of pages, and anticipated end use of your final multipage printed piece are all unique considerations when choosing your binding option. Review the options above and discuss the benefits of each with your Raff Printing representative — we’re happy to guide you to the right choice.
The only major type of binding we do not provide fully in-house is Case Binding (hardback). Similar to perfect binding, pages in a case binding have a single ground-down edge that is glued together and then glued a second time inside a hard cover material along a custom-sized spine. We partner with an excellent vendor to handle this cost-effectively on your behalf.
How Can We Put Our Full-Service Bindery To Work For You?
Contact Raff today to start printing faster, better, easier and more cost effective!