GRA 420 Study Guide - Final Guide: Edwin Abbott Abbott, Coptic Binding, Bonifacio Bembo

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Graphic Communications
• Course: GRA 420
• Professor: Heinz Belzer

Document Summary

Can have different capacities of rings: polyurethane. Very strong polyurethane allows flexibility: case bound (turn edge, sewn case bound. Edges of the material is sewn with nylon or leather. Provide security to content: magazines and periodicals. To look for particular items: elliptical rings particularly for perfect bound magazines, trapezoid rings. Plastic sleeves on front and spine allow customization by placing printed sheet in them. Come in different configurations for certain requirements such as d ring binders to accept larger volume, archival for more permanent storage. Come in different constructions such as vinyl polyurethane, case bound and sewn case bound. Spine margins need to be wider to accommodate the hole punching. Cannot stack many on top of each other. Holes can easily tear if binder is used extensively. Vinyl will crack after time if sheet lifters are not used. Takes the comb and strips them apart, then pushes it into the punched sheets.