Spiral binding

Spiral binding

Spiral binding (also known as wire binding, coil binding, wiro binding and wire-o binding) is a very popular and cost-effective binding method. Spiral bound documents are bound like a notepad with a wire insert threaded through small holes punched in the margin of the document.

Spiral binding allows your document to lie completely flat when open, making it great for cookbooks or instruction manuals when you need your hands elsewhere!

What is spiral binding?

Spiral binding is a binding type commonly used for a report or notebook, where a wire spiral is threaded through small holes punched into the pages of the document to fasten the pages together, along with the covers and sometimes an acetate outer cover. Doxdirect actually binds documents using wire binding, which is similar to spiral binding but rather than the wire being threaded through the pages like a coil, the pages are placed on a C-shaped wire spine which is then closed into a cylindrical shape to bind the document. This allows the pages to lie completely flat when the document is opened.

Options for spiral bound document printing

Spiral binding uses

• Reports
• Presentations
• Accounts
• Brochures
• Dissertations
• Fitness plans
• Scripts and screenplays
• Draft novels

Spiral binding features

• Covers can be printed in either colour or black and white
• Covers are printed on 280gsm card as standard
• Plain white or black 300gsm card can be inserted as front and/or back covers
• A clear or opaque acetate outer cover can be added to the front of your document
• Contents can be printed in either colour or black and white
• Pages can be printed double or single sided
• Tabs can be inserted to separate sections or chapters

Print a spiral bound document

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Other products we print

In addition to creating spiral bound document, Doxdirect offers a range of binding styles and printing options for whatever you need. We offer paperback book binding, hardback books and ring binding as well as saddle stitched binding. Please see the binding options page for further information on any of these binding styles. If you need a certain type of product printing, for example brochures, flyers, posters or dissertation printing please see our product overview page for more information.