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Net price1.088,17 EUR
plus VAT (19%)206,75 EUR
Gross price1.294,92 EUR

incl. shipping

The book spine thickness according to your settings is 5,52 mm.

The total weight is approx. 67,4 kg.

The dispatch will take place Wednesday, 12. November, if ordered today before 12 p.m.

Perfect-bound brochure


Brochures With PUR Adhesive Binding – A Glue With a PURpose.

Do you remember old paperbacks or comic books from way back when? They were great, right up until they started to fall apart. This is mainly due to the type of glue used. That's why we - your online print shop – produce all of our perfect bound brochures using PUR glue. Because our philosophy is: Durability and Quality Must Always Go Hand in Hand!

Together we create a product for your customers that can be enjoyed for a long time. Whether it's an image brochure for your business introductions, a product catalogue to advertise goods and services or an informative trade magazine. Whatever you want to print. It needs to last!

Besides the added aesthetic value, there is also a PURely practical one. In some circumstances, it may not make sense to produce brochures with wire stitching. The combination of higher paperweights and number of pages can push the wire staples to their limits. It may be worth comparing the options.

Curious? Below we have compiled some interesting facts about PUR adhesive binding and how it is produced.

Sometimes It Just Has to Be PUR – But What Is PUR Adhesive Binding Anyway?

Brochures with PUR adhesive binding
Brochures with PUR adhesive binding - once opened, they stay open.

PUR adhesive binding is used to produce brochures, magazines and books with 48 pages or more. The spine and cover of the booklet are bonded together using a Polyurethane reactive adhesive.

Before the glue can be applied, the individual pages or folded sheets must be gathered, pushed open and pressed together. The spine is then scored. This results in an increased surface area, in turn increasing the maximum adhesive coverage and thus the strength.

In the following step, the reactive adhesive is heated to approx. 130 degrees Celsius and applied to the scored spine. The glued pages are then brought into contact with the cover. When exposed to air and paper moisture, the molecules of the PUR adhesive combine to form a very stable and flexible adhesive film that cures completely within 6 to 72 hours.

Sticking It All Together – PUR Adhesive or Hot Melt-Binding?

As we are committed to maximum quality and durability, we produce our perfect bound brochures exclusively using PUR adhesive. This type of binding is somewhat more expensive than hot melt-binding, but it is also more durable.

PUR Adhesive

PUR adhesive binding relies on a reactive adhesive made from polyurethane, or PUR, which is processed at temperatures of around 130 degrees Celsius and hardens through a chemical reaction as it cools down. The adhesive is resistant to cold, heat and moisture, characteristics that contribute to its durability. The thin layer of adhesive is extremely flexible and, once solidified, can withstand strong physical loads. These properties allow a brochure to be easily opened without breaking the binding. This is why PUR adhesive is always recommended for printed products that you want to stick around and continue to shine. In contrast to hot-melt binding, paperweights over 130g and coated papers can also be processed. PUR adhesive is ideal for brochures with paperweights between 65g and 240g and a spine thickness of 2 to 40mm. Longer drying and production times, as well as slightly higher production costs are offset by better durability and higher quality.

Bottom line: We recommend PUR adhesive binding for any printed products that are intended for frequent use. This applies above all to high-quality, long-lasting brochures, image booklets, annual reports, trade journals, product brochures, school newspapers and classic comic books.

Hot-Melt

Hot-melt adhesive binding is a more cost-effective production process than PUR adhesive binding. Shorter drying times, good adhesion and quick hardening of the adhesive guarantee faster processing. With this kind of binding, the adhesive wraps itself around the individual pages like a clip and thus ensures the necessary cohesion. Hot-melt bindings are prone to losing their durability when subjected to heat and strong physical stress, and the binding may break open and release the pages. Uncoated papers with weights between 65g to 115g are particularly suitable for this type of binding due to their surface characteristics. Furthermore, brochures and books with spine thicknesses from 3 to 60 mm can be produced, a significant gain in page count.

Bottom line: hot-melt adhesive binding is best suited for printed products where cost is the key factor and longevity is secondary. This is especially true for user manuals and brochures with a relatively short shelf life.

Spoilt for Choice – Balancing Content and Paper.

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Your perfect bound brochure: Spoilt for choice in terms of format and paper weight.

Your brochure print shop at printworld.com offers you the option of producing perfect bound brochures with a maximum of 360 pages including a 4-page cover. In addition to the common formats A5 and A4, you also have the option of choosing a custom free format. So you are sure to stand out from the crowd.

It doesn't matter which format and paper you ultimately decide on. Whether 90g offset or 170g coated art paper. You can always have between 48 and 360 pages. The only thing that changes with increasing paperweight is the spine thickness of your cover. As a general rule, PUR adhesive binding can be used for brochures with a book block thickness of between 2mm and 40mm.

To make choosing the right paper simpler we have listed the possible paper types below:

Offset Papers

Offset paper is an uncoated paper. The surface is matt and textured. Its rough texture means that it absorbs ink very well, a characteristic that allows it to be easily annotated. Due to the way colours are absorbed, images may lose some depth of field, but also appear softer.

You have the option of having the contents of your brochure produced on 90g or 120g offset paper.

Coated Art Paper

Coated art paper is the opposite to offset paper. This kind of paper is produced by finishing the surface with a binding agent and thus sealing it. Coated art papers can be divided into two broad categories - matt coated paper and gloss coated paper. As a rule, all papers are initially matt after coating. In order to obtain a glossy coated paper, it is additionally run through the so-called calender, a system comprised of several heated rollers which smooth the paper through pressure.

Matt paper offers a surface that is less prone to glare and reflections. This makes it easier to read, especially for text-heavy brochures. Gloss coated paper is more suited to image and product brochures, i.e. publications with a lot of images.

In contrast to offset paper, coated art paper does not absorb so much ink. This makes colours appear much more brilliant and richer in contrast, with sharper contours.

It's your choice. Your content can be printed on 90g, 115g, 135g and 170g paper, the cover on 170g, 250g and 300g, each available in matt or glossy coating.

Print High-Quality Brochures Online – Add a Finishing Touch to Your Perfect Binding!

brochures pass through many hands. They are put down, pushed back and forth and transported from point A to point B. Due to this physical strain, scratches are unavoidable. High-quality brochures want to and should lead long and glamorous lives. This begs the question: If the cover protects the contents; what protects the cover?

To further enhance the durability of your brochures, you have the option of finishing your cover with a protective dispersion coating or lamination.

Dispersion Coating

An dispersion coating is a protective layer applied after the actual printing process - i.e. the application of the four printing inks. This type of finish is always a good option if a product is to be particularly durable. The varnish not only makes the paper more resistant to scratches and abrasion, it also prevents the ink from yellowing and thus maintains the radiance of your PUR adhesive bound brochure.

Use a dispersion coating only if the treated surface is unlikely to require further treatment. This for example includes annotation from customers or the stamping with a company seal from your sales staff. The protective coating prevents ink from drying quickly and from being absorbed by the paper. You should also be aware that a dispersion coating enhances the gloss appearance of coated art papers, a fact that should be taken into account in your choice of paper.

Lamination

Coffee and tea are part of everyday office life. We are all familiar with how one clumsy move can cause spillage, perhaps even onto one of your lovingly designed brochures. Having your cover finished with a protective film allows the cover to be easily wiped clean.

Llamination is a finishing process in which the product is covered with a protective film. Thanks to the lamination, your perfect bound brochure benefits from a particularly hard-wearing cover that can withstand substantial wear and tear.

But protection is not the only priority. Look and feel are also important factors that should not be neglected when deciding on a lamination. To enhance the appearance of your cover, we offer you the choice of either a matt or a gloss film. The gloss lamination lends colours a more brilliant shine with more depth, while matt lamination softens colours slightly, creating a more refined and settled overall effect.

How Does Your PDF End up as a Finished Perfect Bound Brochure?

Starting from the ordering process and the associated submission of data, your PDF passes through several production steps which we would like to outline in more detail.

Production always begins when you provide us with your printable PDF, which then undergoes an automated data check during the ordering process. This way potential sources of error can be identified in advance and reported back to you immediately. If your data is in order and approved by you, the next stage is to assemble the individual printed sheets. In this process, known as imposition, individual pages are combined into double pages and arranged on the printed sheet so as to maintain the correct page order when the folded sheets are later collated. Then follows the exposure of the printing plates. The imposed sheets are subjected to a screening process using the four printing inks cyan, magenta, yellow and black. This is followed by printing, where each set of plates, individually and in the correct order, puts ink to paper.

Once all printed sheets are finished, they are pre-cut and folded. Preparatory to the perfect binding process, individual folded sheets are collated completely automatically via collecting stations. Individual book blocks are produced, which are then clamped in book block clamps and passed through a milling station. Here the spine is scored. The scored spine is finally covered with the PUR adhesive in a glueing machine. A separate feeder loads the cover, scores it on the left and right of the spine and connects it to the book block by means of a pressing device.

After the inner section and cover have been joined together, your brochure receives its final touch - trimming on three sides creates "clean" edges.

You Have Questions – We Have Answers.

We of course always want to deliver your adhesive bound brochures in the best possible quality. To ensure that the printed result meets your expectations, we need print data that is both technically correct and corresponds to the ordered product. We, therefore, recommend that you always refer to our data sheet before exporting your print file and before completing your order. This handy guide contains all information on data preparation and provision.

Always prepare your PUR adhesive bound brochure in the correct format. Bleed may vary but should extend at least 2 mm beyond the final format. During the order process, we check your data for page format, number of pages and embedded fonts, among other things. If we detect any discrepancies, our system will of course provide you with live feedback.

Please note that the number of pages in your brochure must always be divisible by four. It is important for our workflow that you send us the print data separately, i.e. separate files for the contents and the cover.

When designing your cover, there are several other parameters to be taken into account. Spine thickness is determined by the number of pages. Our product calculator will calculate this value based on your chosen settings. In addition, please note that the spine area of the inside pages may not contain any design elements. This print-free area later ensures optimum glue adhesion.

We also recommend maintaining a safety clearance of at least 5 mm from the edge of the page for all text and pictures. This prevents objects from falling victim to manufacturing tolerances during further processing.

You can find out more about creating your layout and print data in the data sheet and the FAQs.