finishing

wiro, staple or custom facilities available
finish the project with a professional look
standard colours available to suit the project
add custom covers for an improved finish
customised binding design service also available
paper drilling available for ring binder usage

Finish your presentation or print job right. Wiro, saddle stitch, colourcoil, perfect bind, scoring, folding, perforating, die-cutting, embossing. you name it, we can finish it right for the job.

 
product information

For a professional look manual, book or presentation be sure to use the best binding available to complete the process and enhance the quality digital print.
Depending on the budget and application we have a wide and varied range of binding options including saddle stitching, thermal covers, colour coils, wiro combs and perfect binding.

Thermal
A glue which has been applied to the spine of the cover is activated by a thermal binder. The inserts are then added. When the glue cools the inserts are set.

Coil
A variety of colours and sizes are available when binding with coils. This process makes it easy to add or delete pages and the pages will lay flat. Coil diameters vary from 4mm up to as large as 33mm. Used for larger documents where high strength is required.

Twin
Loop Wire Fashionable and popular wire binding enables the document to lay flat as well as wrap around when opened.
The comb is tightened so that the document has a secure and professional finish.

Saddle Stitching
Traditionally, saddle stitching is the insertion of either two or three specially designed staples in the folded spine of the publication. Depending on the size and nature of the book, the stitches can be of a varying weight or thickness.
Saddle stitching is a perfect option for publications up to roughly 80 printed pages. Over this page quantity, perfect binding is a better and more efficient option.

Perfect Binding
Used for large page quantities, perfect binding is the conventional method paperbacks and larger books are bound. With several styles and types of perfect binding available, be sure to use the right one for your budget and desired finish.

Artwork
Preparation of your artwork is similar to when preparing for conventional offset printing. Images should be supplied to a minimum of 200dpi in CMYK mode. When supplying your files please either convert your fonts to paths, where possible, or supply the fonts used to ensure the integrity of the print job.
Artwork can be supplied in most Mac and PC programs or as high resolution PDF files with fonts embedded.
Shotz also offer a full service creative design and artwork service.