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Dactyl Publishing Limited

(trading as Autobind)

Print Finishing and Digital Printing


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Print Finishing and Digital Printing

Dactyl offers a range of trade binding and digital printing services.

On the finishing side, we specialise in wiro, metal spiral, plastic coil and calendar binding, but we are well equipped to do much more.
We also offer mono and colour digital printing along with booklet making (including square-back stapling).

Please contact us for a competitive quote.

quotations@dactylpublishing.com  |  Telephone: 01484 866556

Binding Services


Spiral Binding Metal Spiral Binding

Our spiral binding facility is ideally suited for runs of up to 10,000.

Min Max
Book thickness 9 mm 20 mm
Bound edge length 85 mm 420 mm
Coil locked ends are possible on 15mm to 28mm mandrel sizes on 1.2mm gauge silver wire.

Wiro Binding Wiro Binding

Our wiro binding facility is ideally suited for runs of up to 10,000.

Min Max
Book thickness 2 mm 20 mm
Bound edge length 85 mm 420 mm
We offer standard, half canadian and reverse wiro binding in a range of colours.

Calendar Binding Calendar Binding

Our calendar binding facility is ideally suited for runs of up to 20,000.

Min Max
Binding thickness
2 mm 4 mm
Bound edge length 148 mm 420 mm
Calendars can be bound with or without thumb-cut and hangers.

Plastic Coil Binding Plastic Coil Binding

Our plastic coil binding facility is ideally suited for runs of up to 10,000.

Min Max
Book thickness 3 mm 40 mm
Bound edge length
(20 mm to 40 mm
book thickness)
85 mm 297 mm
Bound edge length
(up to 15 mm
book thickness)
85 mm 420 mm
Perfect Binding Perfect Binding

Our perfect binding facility is ideally suited for runs of up to 5,000.

Min Max
Book thickness 4 mm 45 mm
Bound edge length 140 mm 307 mm
Booklet Making Booklet Making

Our booklet making facility is ideally suited for runs of up to 5,000.

Min Max
Book thickness 2 mm 6 mm
Book size
(bound on long edge)
A6
105 x 148 mm
Oversize A4
216 x 306 mm

Other Finishing Services


Collating
Minimum sheet size: 120mm x 120mm
Maximum sheet size: 350mm x 500mm

We have significant collating capacity with our 24 station B3 collating machine.
Cutting
Maximum sheet size: 920mm x 920mm

We are happy to undertake guillotine work as a stand-alone service if required.

Punching
Automatic Punching
Minimum sheet size:
105mm x 148mm
Maximum sheet size: 420mm x 420mm

Semi-Automatic Punching
Minimum sheet size:
105mm x 75mm
Maximum sheet size: 420mm x 420mm

We have tools available for oval, square and round holes in a range of pitches.
Drilling
Minimum sheet size: A6
Maximum sheet size: A3

We offer 1, 2, 3 or 4 hole drilling to match any ring binder.
Laminating
Minimum sheet size: SRA3
Maximum sheet size: SRA2
Round Cornering
Minimum book size: 85mm x 85mm
Maximum book size: 420mm x 420mm

Books can be round-cornered with 10mm radius corners.

Digital Printing


Trade Digital Printing


2 x Mono - Canon Oce VarioPrint 6160 (SRA3 80gsm-250gsm)
1 x Colour - Canon C850 (SRA3 80gsm-220gsm)
1 x Colour - Canon Imagepress C10000VP (SRA3 80gsm-350gsm)

Please contact us to check available capacity.