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Print may be classic, but it’s far from out of fashion. We see it every day as we move from work to school, engage with it on a constant basis even as the digital era makes itself more clear with every passing moment. From magazines to books, print is still an important part of our everyday lives. How can we get the most out of it? Thanks to the advent of accessible technology even complex tasks like creating the perfect binder can be done in fine form with the aid of an automatic wire binding machine.

Did You Know?

Plastic coil binding isn’t new. In fact, it’s been around for well over 50 years. Although recent technological advances has made browsing and reading online a preferred choice, most Americans will still go out of their way to read books in print. Thanks to studies provided by the Pew Research Center, over 60% of Americans read a print book (not a magazine or newspaper) over the past year. This is still double the share that read e-books and still four times the amount that use audio books or podcasts.

Print Around The World

Print is still going strong. Estimates have seen print, from books to magazines, representing 80% of book sales around the world over the past few years. In the United States? Over eight trillion letter sized simplex pages are printed on a yearly basis. While the digital age has made writing more accessible and affordable, print holds a special place in many a person’s heart.

Expectations For The Future

There are many different expectations as to where print and, by association, automatic wire binding, is going to go from here. With print still being one of the world’s largest industries, rivaling auto-manufacturing and videogame industries by more than eight times, these are useful concerns to have. The amount of paper used in the United States alone exceeds nine billion tons. Compared to 2014, printing shipments are also up more than $2 billion.

Old-Fashioned Techniques

A few old-fashioned techniques have yet to fall out of favor, though they have been made endlessly more easy with the aid of automatic wire binding and a paper punching machine. In the past the sole way of binding books was doing so by hand. The creator would start with the first three loops, spinning them manually through a roller machine and doing the later cutting with pliers. For comparison, an operator could do around 100 books per hour. Thick books, however, took much more time.

Using A Wire Binder Machine

There is much to take advantage of when creating print. Double loop wire binding, for starters, offers a full 360 degree rotation for pages that are bound into your documents. The Sterling DIGIPUNCH is a popular high speed automatic paper punching machine and is much preferred among multiple print industries. The unit sales of print books have risen 3% over the past year, making it the third year in a row of avid print growth. With print still so popular and environmentally friendly recycling methods rising to the forefront, the future is looking bright indeed.