Saddle Stitchers — A Stitch In Time

More and more printers are realizing significant advantages to the vacuum collator/saddle stitching approach. First, there are fewer off-line bindery steps and reduced material transport between the steps. With flat-sheet collating, you print, cut, load the collator, and the stitching, folding and face trimming are quickly completed in-line. With the traditional method, you print, perforate/fold, then load the signatures into an in-line system that gathers them onto a saddle and stitches them. In-line or off-line three-side trimming completes the process.