Traditional Perfect Binding

Perfect binding is the way to produce books of the highest possible quality. Perfect binding with the traditional machines applying the glue from the bottom has however, not been popular in the digital environment for several reasons. The traditional perfect binding machines on the market are relatively expensive. They are also large and noisy - giving old fashioned impression in modern environment. There are several adjustments to do before you can start binding: setting the cover according to the thickness, setting the level of roughener, the thickness of the book, warming the glue etc. This requires professional personnel to use the machines and of course it takes time.

In most traditional perfect binding machines new adjustments are necessary whenever the thickness of the book is changed. You also have to test the adjustment to check the binding result by binding a test copy. In the digital on-demand environment you may be doing only one or two similar books. All this has been so complex that most digital printers did not want to use perfect binding, even if the quality is superior to any other binding method.

With Fastbind perfect binding machines all that is history. Now you can just turn the Fastbind on and bind - no set up time, free choice of materials and perfect binding quality.