Perfectback Solution
Create books indistinguishable from long-run, high-quality production
High-quality softback books
Bind professional softback books—1 or 500 at a time! Our line of Perfectback strips enable you to do short runs of perfect bound books, quickly and easily.
Perfectback Binding Strips
- Create perfectback books indistinguishable from
high-quality production perfectback - Binds thin to thick books from 10-500 pages
(or up to 250 sheets) - Your first book is a good; zero waste, zero spoilage
- Choose from 3 varieties of perfectback strip
- Available lengths: 11″ and A4
- Compatible with Model 20: TA, LF, & PS
Perfectback TA
TA = Temperature Activated
- Compatible with Model 20
- Creates perfectback books indistinguishable from
high-quality production perfectback bindings - Binds thin to thick books from 10-500 pages
(or up to 250 sheets) - Use with laminated cover-stock
- Make 1-book in 50 seconds
- Your first book is a good; zero waste, zero spoilage
The TA strips bind your wrap-around cover with a temperature activated adhesive. As with the binding of your book block, final binding of the cover is done on the Model 20 binder. Your cover is bound entirely to the spine of your book block. Heat sensitive cover materials or printing are not suitable for this method. TA strips can be identified by the single piece of release paper on the back of the strip.
Perfectback LF
LF = Lay Flat
- The flattest binding when open—even on thin books!
- Use with laminated & non-laminated cover-stock
- Binds thin to thick books from 10-500 pages
(or up to 250 sheets) - Make 1-book in 60 seconds
- Your first book is a good; zero waste, zero spoilage
- Compatible with Model 20 only
The LF strips creates the flattest lay flat binding when opened — hence, the acronym LF. The spine hinges free from your book block. The book opens easily without creasing the spine. And you can do the final binding without heat so you can use printing methods and cover materials that are heat sensitive. These strips have two narrow bands of release paper, one on each side of the back of the strip.
Perfectback PS
PS = Pressure Sensitive
- Use with laminated & non-laminated cover-stock
- Your first book is a good; zero waste, zero spoilage
- Binds thin to thick books from 10-500 pages
(or up to 250 sheets) - Make 1-book in 60 seconds
- Compatible with Model 20 only
PS strips have a pressure sensitive adhesive for assembling books. The entire spine of the cover is permanently bound to the book block. Final binding is done without heat so you can use cover materials or printing methods that are heat sensitive without worry. These strips have a narrow and a wide band of release paper on the back of the strip.
Fastback Perfectback Strip | Comparison
TA Strip | LF Strip | PS Strip | |
Model 20 | x | x | x |
Make 1-book in… | 50 seconds | 60 seconds | 60 seconds |
Laminated cover-stock | x | x | x |
Non-laminated cover-stock | x | x | |
True Lay-Flat | x |