Binding equipment

• Comb — for office reports where you open and swap pages.
• Metal wire — for premium brochures and calendars.
• Coil — for notebooks that open a full 360°.
• Perfect binder — for books and magazines with a flat seamless spine.

• Comb — plastic, rectangular holes, reopenable.
• Metal wire — round metal (pitch 3:1 and 2:1), not reopenable, premium look.
• Coil — single plastic (pitch 4:1), the block flips a full 360°.

Depending on the model — from ~120 to 500 sheets per block. The exact figure is in the «Sheets bound» filter and each machine’s specs.

Yes, but only with a plastic comb — its bind reopens. Metal wire, coil and thermal glue are permanent.

• Comb → plastic combs.
• Metal wire → wires 3:1 / 2:1.
• Coil → plastic coils 4:1.
• Perfect binder → hot-melt glue.

All in the Binding consumables section.

• Manual — you punch with a lever and insert the comb/wire yourself; for small volumes.
• Electric — a motor does the punching, the operator just loads sheets; faster, less effort.
• Automatic — the machine punches and often collates on its own; for production-line throughput.

A4 covers most office tasks — reports, handbooks, brochures. A3 is needed for wide documents, drawings or A3 fold-out editions. Most models are A4.

A machine combining two technologies in one body (comb+coil, comb+wire or wire+coil). Worth it for a copy shop with varied orders — it saves desk space and budget versus two separate machines.

Most binders have built-in punching for their binding type — no separate punch needed. For non-standard holes or punching a large thickness at once, see «Creasers & perforators».

Go by sheet count: the thicker the block, the larger the diameter. Each consumable’s specs state how many sheets it holds (e.g. an Ø8 mm comb — up to ~45 sheets). Pick with a small margin so the block turns freely.

For a typical office — a manual or electric plastic comb binder: reports and handbooks, pages are easy to add or replace. For premium brochures — metal wire.

Comb — cheaper, reopenable (you can add a sheet), for working documents. Metal wire — more premium, not reopenable, for brochures, portfolios and calendars.

When you need a flat seamless spine like a book — books, magazines, catalogues, soft covers, large runs. Comb and wire give a «mechanical» punched spine; a perfect binder gives a solid glued one.