Print Specifications

• All AC Press titles are produced exclusively by the Algonquin College Print Shop who provides a full range of professional printing and finishing services.
• Services include 3-hole punching, cerlox and coil binding to saddle stitching, perfect binding, shrink wrapping, tab insertion, binders and much more.
• Explore some examples of common binding styles below and information about the wide selection of papers and substrates available can be found here.

Coil Binding (Spiral) Coil binding is common for many course material titles. Coil binding is a relatively inexpensive binding method.
Cerlox Binding (Comb) Cerlox binding is typically applied when binding documents used in the legal profession. Cerlox binding is a relatively inexpensive binding method.
Perfect Binding (Soft cover) Perfect binding is common for textbooks and requires more labour and process to manufacture than other binding styles. Printing on the outside spine is also possible.
Saddle Stitch (Magazine style) Saddle stitching is a binding style suitable for periodicals, booklets and workbooks. This binding style can be cost-effective.
3-Hole Punch 3-hole punch is common for many course material titles. A very cost effective method to bind pages together. 3-hole punch AC press course materials are also shrink wrapped.