Booklets

We thought we would outline some of the various finishes for booklet making.

Saddle stitching A method that binds one or more printed sections together it uses two wire staples (stitches) on the spine.

Perfect binding Generally Perfect binding is used when the document to be bound is too thick to saddle stitch it has a spine which is ground to give a key, hot melt adhesive is used to hold the pages together.

PUR Binding Very similar to perfect binding but the glue used is stronger than hot melt, the spine does not deteriorate with age.

Loop stitching is used for items that need to be put in a ring binder it can be done ith 2 wires or 4, the loops are on the spine of the printed booklet.

Wiro binding A series of holes are punched and a continuous wire is inserted into the holes on the binding edge, commonly used for handouts, price lists, training manuals and financial type reports.


Other finishes include comb binding mainly used for internal office documents, corner stitching normally a collated document with a staple in the top left hand corner, stab stitching which is often used on for NCR pads, Invoice pads and often hidden by a tape on the spine, finally for some documents you can actually use binding screws, holes would be drilled and the binding screws inserted this has the added advantage of being able to update a brochure quite easily by inserting or taking out a page, normally only suitable for smaller print runs.

Christmas Close Down

We will close at 2pm Friday 23rd December and reopen Tuesday 3rd January 2012 at 8.30am

Busy week of Printing

Been a mad busy few days in the run up to Christmas we produced a digital booklet for one client 122 pages printed in colour with a gloss laminated cover and PUR bound, the client gave a great reference which follows

Gentlemen - thank you very much for this.

Since my first initial contact you both have been incredible, and particular massive thank you to Aaron for his constant dedication and going beyond what was expected to fulfill my needs.

This last proof hit the nail in the coffin and I hope the recipients feel the same way. 

Hope you both have a wonderful Christmas.

We cannot mention the company name but it is one of the largest consultancy groups in the world it makes all the effort worthwhile when someone takes time out to say thank you. 


May we take this opportunity to wish all our clients a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year

First Aid Training

Attended a course yesterday in Chigwell, Essex provided by Frinton First Aid with colleagues from Kopykat, it was very comprehensive for a 1 day course and we learnt a lot, if anyone is thinking of going on a course I can recommend them as a provider contact info@frintontraining.co.uk

The Farm - Justice Tonight Tour

The Farm band led by an old friend Peter Hooton from Liverpool best known for the hit 'Altogether Now' are doing the Justice Tonight tour to help raise awareness and support for the families who lost loved ones at the Hillsborough disaster, they will be performing in London on the 8th December playing with The Clash's Mick Jones, they are playing Liverpool on the 9th and Glasgow on the 10th, keep up to date with what they are doing by following them on twitter @thefarm2011 Being from Liverpool I would like to wish Peter good luck as he is regularly featured on LFCTV and still goes to the the LFC games, if you want to support the families the the twitter address is @HJC_official

BoxPark Shoreditch

Boxpark Shoreditch situated by Shoreditch station opened today and some of the Kopykat staff ventured along meeting Dizzee Rascal in the process, they said the atmosphere was buzzing so get yourself along Boxpark is a welcome addition to Shoreditch follow them on twitter @boxpark

Work Experience Student joins Kopykat

This coming Monday December 5th we have a work experience student starting with us for 1 week, Celina Hernandez is coming down from Maghull on the outskirts of Liverpool to work with the Kopykat team and enjoy the delights of Shoreditch life, we have work lined up and ready to go although I can't work her too hard as it's my goddaughter! Wire binding here she comes!