Plastic comb bound books currently available.
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Though it can increase the production price several dollars each, plastic comb bound books with black ink may be personalized on the front or back cover or with an extra frontice piece. 

All binding/cover services are available as part of a complete publishing package, POD (small quantity charges may apply), and binding only. However, Gregath does not wholesale raw binding supplies for other binderies or individuals.

Available plastic or wire comb bindings are our standard soft binding technique for ultra-small publishing projects.  For a comb bound book, the collated text block has separate front and back covers applied.  The book block is then punched with the holes along the binding edge that the wire or plastic comb is fitted through.  This type of softbinding is considered "lay flat".  However, with softbound books with large numbers of pages, while the book stays open and the pages flat, the comb spine itself makes the book rise in the center around the spine.  Wire comb spines can not be imprinted.

Generally, the plastic comb spine is left blank.  However, some spine imprinting can be accomplished on plastic combs.  This works best with larger page count books.  Though we don't recommend this because the combs are produced and than flattened to be imprinted.  This weakens the plastic and can reduce the life span of the book.  Additionally, a spine imprinted plastic comb bound book is not very economical.  Generally, if spine imprint is desired on a softbound book, the best style choice is perfect binding.

Covers that are comb bound may be laminated (clear overlap guards against plastic curl), or clear plastic sheets can be added on the combs giving the covers extra protection.

This option is a nice binding for yearbooks where supplemental pages may be introduced infrequently.  Though it is tedious, a book owner can add punched pages to an already comb bound book without any special tools.  The number of punched holes utilized in comb binding produces a much more sturdy book than 3-ring binding.  Comb binding is a great soft binding option for other transitional (short use) items and fund raisers (due to economy and flexibility in production).  While economical, the fact that the paper involved has been hole punched will reduce the lifespan of the item due to use stress on the holes.  For long-term preservation and usage goals, different soft binding methods are suggested.

The cost for wire or plastic comb bound soft cover varies with the size of the job. There are projects  and options where this method can be more expensive than a hardbound book.

Standard types of soft bindings include:

• perfect binding

• fastback cloth tape binding

• traditional tape and staple binding

• plastic or wire comb binding

• plastic or wire coil (spiral) binding

• 3-ring binding

• wire saddle stitch binding

• post/Chicago Screw

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