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Equipment
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2007-02-16 04:35
A listing of equipment we use in our book production.
Interested in purchasing your own equipment to start a microlibrary but not sure where to start? There are many different printers, paper cutters, and binding machines available. Here is the equipment we use...
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Printer: Brother HL-5250DN Brother Printers: HL-5250DN page It's very handy to have a printer that can duplex, especially if you want your book double sided without figuring out how to feed and re-feed paper through and still get the book in the proper order. This one has worked well, producing a high volume of pages with minimal maintenance. |
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Paper Cutter: Triumph Ideal 3905 IDEAL Kurg & Priester: Home page The most expensive piece of equipment. But, a paper cutter that can go through 200+ pages comes in very handy. There are many models and companies that produce good paper cutting machines. We chose a basic, manual guillotine model to meet our needs. |
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Binding Machine: Powis Fastback 8X Powis Parker: Fastback 8X page There are many, many different binding methods, everything from a hand-made glue spines, comb binding, and professionally sewn. This machine uses a adhesive strips and heat to quick, basic spine binding with cover. It won't be as durable as a professional hard back binding but provides a quality bind for our purposes. |
Don't have all this equipment, but still want to make your own books? Instructables has several tutorials on making notebooks, hardback books, and journals without fancy equipment.
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