Binding and Tab Options

Whether you need a book of handouts that lay flat for notes or a more traditional proceedings volume that sits on the shelf, we’ve got you covered. Plus we have all the extra touches you need to organize your printed material, like adding colored dividers or dividing up a book with tabs.

Our products run the gamut from eco-friendly, low-cost bound material to high-end, extra fancy publications with film lamination and foil embossing.

Confused about all the options? Your Omnipress team is here to help. Guiding you through the publication process is part of our commitment to you.

Perfect Binding

• Professional appearance, low cost
• Common finished sizes: 8 3/8" x 10 3/4", 5 3/8" x 8 5/16", 7" x 10", 6" x 9", 4" x 9"
• Page counts: Minimum - 32 pages (16 sheets) Maximum - 1,420 pages (710 sheets)
• Can include color divider sheets, index tabs, bleed tabs and bind-in/tear-out CD sleeves
• Lower-cost alternative: Saddle Stitch for page counts of 60 or less

Plastic Coil (Spiral)

• Allows book to lay flat – great for taking notes during the course or seminar
• Durable, plastic binding element doesn't get damaged in mail systems
• Coil ends are crimped to keep pages in and to prevent snagging or unrolling
• A superior binding quality over Wire coil binding
• Standard colors are recycled plastic coils in black and white with 80% post-consumer waste
• 45 other colors are available
• Common finished sizes: 8 1/2" x 11", 6" x 9", 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 4"x 9" (other sizes available)
• Can include color divider sheets, index tabs and bleed tabs, plus a place to hold CDs
• Page counts: Maximum of 1,000 pages (500 sheets) of 50# offset stock or 750 pages (375 sheets) of 60# offset stock
• Lower cost binding alternative: Perfect Bind

Saddle Stitch

• Inexpensive, lay-flat binding for smaller page counts
• Common finished sizes: 8 1/2" x 11", 6" x 9", 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 4"x 9" (other sizes available)
• Page Counts: Maximum of 88 pages (44 sheets) if printed on 50# offset or 64 pages (32 sheets) if printed on 60# offset
• Can include color divider sheets and bleed tabs
• Lower-cost alternative: Corner Staple or Double Staple (left side)

3-Ring Binders

• White with clear view vinyl and inside pockets
• Lay-flat binding for larger page counts.
• Include all the color divider sheets and tabs you need
• Available in 1/2" to 3" sizes
• Round-Ring = 920 pages (460 sheets) while the D-Ring holds 1200 pages (600 sheets)
• Lower-cost alternative: Plastic Coil

Case Binding

For books that need a more formal binding, such as textbooks, manuals and proceedings

• Common finished sizes of 8 1/2" x 11", 6" x 9", 7" x 10"
• Page counts: Minimum of 48 pages (24 sheets) and maximum of 1,600 pages (800 sheets)
• Can include color divider sheets and bleed tabs, as well as a CD holder
• Lower-cost binding alternative: Perfect Binding

Index Tabs

Can be used with the following binding options: Perfect Binding, Plastic Coil, Wire Coil, Plastic Comb and 3-Ring Binders.

Tab options:

• Economy Index Tabs

  • Your most cost-effective choice for index tabs
  • Clear mylar reinforced tab extension 
  • Tab printing in black only on one or two sides
  • Body of sheet printing in black only on one or two sides

• Deluxe Index Tabs 

  • Available in any option you can conceive
  • Clear or color mylar reinforced tab and binding edge
  • Prints black ink to full color on one or both sides of the tab extension and tab body

Bleed Tabs

• Printed in reverse (white on black) directly on the pages of your book
• Provides quick navigation between sections when users flip through the pages
• Reversed printing on right edge helps organize sections
• Omnipress can typeset tabs for you
• A fraction of the price of index tabs

Color Divider Sheets

• The most economical way to divide sections of a book
• Choose from many different colors
• Sheets can be imprinted with black ink on both sides of the sheet
• Typically 60# text paper is used, but 50# and 65# weights are available