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what options for printing saddle "stitched" booklets?
I've been printing small booklets on 8.5" x 11" paper, folded in half
and center stapled. These are five to six sheets of paper (including a cover in a separate color). Are there printers smaller than, say, a washing machine that I could get to do this? Currently I'm using a mid-sized Brother laser printer with a lot of "by hand" steps. (Print from Mac. Separate every four or five pages, by hand. Add a cover from a separate pile, by hand. Fold, by hand. Staple, by hand.) I know "saddle stitch finishers" are available as an add-on to some of the more massive machines, but are there smaller ones? Volume is a few hundred booklets a month, not all the same content. Elijah ------ expecting the answer to be "no", but checking anyway |
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what options for printing saddle "stitched" booklets?
"Eli the Bearded" wrote in message
... I've been printing small booklets on 8.5" x 11" paper, folded in half and center stapled. These are five to six sheets of paper (including a cover in a separate color). Are there printers smaller than, say, a washing machine that I could get to do this? Currently I'm using a mid-sized Brother laser printer with a lot of "by hand" steps. (Print from Mac. Separate every four or five pages, by hand. Add a cover from a separate pile, by hand. Fold, by hand. Staple, by hand.) I know "saddle stitch finishers" are available as an add-on to some of the more massive machines, but are there smaller ones? Volume is a few hundred booklets a month, not all the same content. Elijah ------ expecting the answer to be "no", but checking anyway Are all booklets the same (at least in every printing job)? If yes, I would suggest to go to the local printer/typographer and ask to do this job for you. Or to the local photocopier. He/she has the machines to do the job easier, more inexpensive and better than you. And then, both will be happy. |
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what options for printing saddle "stitched" booklets?
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Eli the Bearded wrote: I've been printing small booklets on 8.5" x 11" paper, folded in half and center stapled. These are five to six sheets of paper (including a cover in a separate color). Are there printers smaller than, say, a washing machine that I could get to do this? Currently I'm using a mid-sized Brother laser printer with a lot of "by hand" steps. (Print from Mac. Separate every four or five pages, by hand. Add a cover from a separate pile, by hand. Fold, by hand. Staple, by hand.) I know "saddle stitch finishers" are available as an add-on to some of the more massive machines, but are there smaller ones? Volume is a few hundred booklets a month, not all the same content. Elijah- I understand the process of organizing material into a booklet is called imposition. Check out the "Cheap Imposter" App. I think it will make your job easier. See http://www.cheapimpostor.com/. Fred |
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what options for printing saddle "stitched" booklets?
They are called "Booklet Makers" or Folder Staplers and they used to
start (20 years ago) at $4000. That's adjustable from tiny to 11" wide, from tiny to 17" long, and up to 24 sheets. Try goggling printers parts if you can't find it directly. Smaller models, if they exist, for fixed bookletting 8.5 by11 only, with fewer sheets are probably available as they are used by schools and non-profits. On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 19:32:42 +0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote: I've been printing small booklets on 8.5" x 11" paper, folded in half and center stapled. These are five to six sheets of paper (including a cover in a separate color). Are there printers smaller than, say, a washing machine that I could get to do this? Currently I'm using a mid-sized Brother laser printer with a lot of "by hand" steps. (Print from Mac. Separate every four or five pages, by hand. Add a cover from a separate pile, by hand. Fold, by hand. Staple, by hand.) I know "saddle stitch finishers" are available as an add-on to some of the more massive machines, but are there smaller ones? Volume is a few hundred booklets a month, not all the same content. Elijah ------ expecting the answer to be "no", but checking anyway |
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what options for printing saddle "stitched" booklets?
In comp.periphs.printers, wrote:
They are called "Booklet Makers" or Folder Staplers and they used to start (20 years ago) at $4000. That's adjustable from tiny to 11" wide, from tiny to 17" long, and up to 24 sheets. Try goggling printers parts if you can't find it directly. Smaller models, if they exist, for fixed bookletting 8.5 by11 only, with fewer sheets are probably available as they are used by schools and non-profits. Searching with that phrase ("booklet makers") instead of the "saddle stitch" phrase I had been using does give different results. I see for example the Bookletmate: http://www.generalgraphic.com/bookletmate.htm At $700, the price is within my budget, but the feature list isn't so long. It staples and folds. It's not doing the collating (which for me works out to separating every N pages and adding the cover sheets, which are printed separately on different paper). So that's not quite enough to be tempting. But thanks for pointing that out. It might become tempting if the workload continues to increase. Elijah ------ but also just getting a service to make them will be tempting, too |
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what options for printing saddle "stitched" booklets?
On 07/08/2016 12:32 PM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
I've been printing small booklets on 8.5" x 11" paper, folded in half and center stapled. These are five to six sheets of paper (including a cover in a separate color). Is your question re. how to print a "signature" with the pages in the right order, or where to find a small folder/stitcher? My brother is a binder. His machines fold first to form the signature which then sits on the "saddle" for stitching (stapling). Hence the name "saddle stitching". I've seen Swingline staplers that had a very long "throat" such that you could staple the middle of letter-size signatures and then fold. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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what options for printing saddle "stitched" booklets?
On 7/8/2016 2:32 PM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
I've been printing small booklets on 8.5" x 11" paper, folded in half and center stapled. These are five to six sheets of paper (including a cover in a separate color). Are there printers smaller than, say, a washing machine that I could get to do this? Currently I'm using a mid-sized Brother laser printer with a lot of "by hand" steps. (Print from Mac. Separate every four or five pages, by hand. Add a cover from a separate pile, by hand. Fold, by hand. Staple, by hand.) I know "saddle stitch finishers" are available as an add-on to some of the more massive machines, but are there smaller ones? Volume is a few hundred booklets a month, not all the same content. Elijah ------ expecting the answer to be "no", but checking anyway www.lulu.com Lynn |
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