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The Perfectback® binding strips add full wrap-around perfect-binding capabilities, to your Fastback® 20.

You can use a wide variety of cover stocks to create the document look you want. Covers can be offset, ink-jet, or laser printed. Even covers with heat-sensitive inks or toner-based digital printing may be used.

There are three styles, which are outlined below. Perfectback® come in 3 sizes to a capacity of 350 sheets. We can also have custom lengths made, if required.

Product Highlights

Full wrap-around cover
Lays flat
Offset, ink-jet, or laser printed

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Perfectback® Lay Flat (LF) Strip

The LF strip is best choice when the book must lay open when it is placed on a table.

This patented binding strip is designed to allow the book block to hinge freely from the spine, much like a hard cover book. You get a book that opens easily without creasing or damaging the title surface of your spine.

It is an ideal choice for technical manuals, cookbooks, sheet music, or anywhere you need a book that can stay open hands-free to a specific page. With the LF strip, the wraparound cover is not thermally bound to the book block, so you can use heat-sensitive cover materials without worry.

Perfectback® Pressure Sensitive (PS) Strip

PS strips have a pressure sensitive adhesive to bind the book block to the cover.

As with the LF strips, you may use heat-sensitive printing methods and cover materials for your wraparound covers. The entire spine is permanently attached to the book block. The PS strip is a good choice when you are using covers that cannot be subjected to heat.

Perfectback® Temperature Activated (TA) Strip

The TA strip binds a wraparound cover to the book block using the same adhesive that is binding the book block.

The final step is done in the Fastback® binder, permanently attaching the spine of the book block to the cover. Covers using heat-sensitive inks, or digitally printed covers are not recommended for this product. The TA strip is the quickest way to create a durably bound book.