Spiral binding
the affordable binding for your paper
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Price: from 4,90 €
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Spiral binding
The perfect binding for students
Spiral binding's low price and minimalistic design is perfect for short academic works like research papers or essays. You can choose between a spiral in plastic or metal and seven different colours for the back cover.
- Surface: textured leather look
- Front film: transparent plastic
- Back cover colours: blue, green, red, black, grey, yellow, white
- Suitable for: approx. 1 - 300 pages
Price: from 4,90 €
Available immediately.
Spiral binding options
The spiral binding has a back page which can be ordered in seven different colours. The front film is always transparent to present the cover page to your reader.
You can choose from the following options:
Plastic or metal wire binding in black
Colour of the back cover:
- Royal blue
- Bordeaux red
- Dark green
- Sunshine yellow
- Black
- Grey
- White
BachelorPrint online Configurator
NEW: final proof with Look inside function
Thanks to the Look inside function, you can skim through your spiral binding online before binding and check whether everything is correct, including selected extras, such as fold-out pages, triangular pockets or CD sleeves.
3D online Configurator with delivery date display and live price calculation
In the BachelorPrint online shop you can not only configure your binding, you can also see every change immediately in the 3D live preview. In addition, you will always see a current price calculation and the estimated delivery date.
Frequently Asked Questions
Spiral binding is a simple and practical binding. The spiral on the spine that holds the loose sheets together is made of metal or plastic.
The binding manufacturing process goes through three basic steps. First, the printed content of the paper, thesis or dissertation, including the front foil and the coloured back cover, is punched out. Depending on the spiral variant, different punch holes are required. In the second step, the punched sheets are faced with the front film and backed with the back cover. In the third and final step, the spiral is inserted into the punched holes using a special machine.
For shorter academic papers we recommend spiral binding. For more important papers we suggest bindings which are more eye-catching, like leather binding or softcover.
We recommend spiral binding for the following types of work:
The total price depends on the number of pages and whether you want extras. The spiral binding itself costs 7.90 € and is thereby the most affordable option.
A spiral binding can hold about 300 pages. If your document consists of more pages, we recommend double-sided printing. That way, up to 600 printed pages, or 300 pages, will fit into the wire binding.
| Spiral diameter | 100 g/m² paper | 120 g/m² paper |
| 6 mm | 1-30 | 1-20 |
| 8 mm | 31-50 | 21-40 |
| 11 mm | 51-70 | 41-60 |
| 13 mm | 71-90 | 61-80 |
| 15 mm | 91-110 | 81-100 |
| 19 mm | 111-150 | 101-140 |
| 22 mm | 151-200 | 141-190 |
With spiral binding, the size of the spiral is adjusted according to the number of pages. The spiral diameters range varies from 6mm to22 mm. It is also important when determining the page count to know the paper weight. You can fit more sheets of 100 g/m² paper into spiral binding than you can 120 g/m² paper.
Advantages & disadvantages of spiral binding
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Very affordable price | Easily creased or dogeared |
| Short production time | Relatively unprotected from external influences |
| Clear front film to show off title page | Looks less sophisticated |
| Embossing not an option | |
| Corners and ribbon not an option |
