Photocopy centres provide cheap and reliable services such as digital imaging, colour printing and document reproduction. In recent years, more photocopy centres have expanded their services to include bookbinding and laminating services. By specialising in these services, photocopy centres now use business machines like binding machines, electric guillotines, paper guillotines, laminating machines and rapid electric staplers.

It is difficult to handle sheets of photocopied paper that are unsecured. Aside from that, reading would be much more inconvenient. Photocopy centres now offer laminating services for customers who want to protect their documents, pictures and identification cards from wear and tear.

For efficient bookbinding and laminating services, your photocopying business should use specialised business machines, like:

1. Binding Machine

It is a device used to bind and secure sheets of paper together. A manual binding machine is the right choice if you have a bundle of paper that requires binding. However, it makes more sense to use an electric binding machine if you have a large volume of paper to bind.

Using a binding machine is relatively easy unlike the old-fashioned binding process wherein you painstakingly glue each page before stitching the spine of the bound material. Manual binding machines punch holes to the paper. Plastic combs secure the bound material through the holes at the end of the paper.

2. Paper Guillotine

When binding sheets of paper together, you need to align them. You need to use a paper guillotine to trim the edges to make sure that the sheets of paper are aligned well. Due to its versatility and precision, paper guillotines are used to cut from cardboards to stacks of paper.

3. Electric Guillotine

For high-volume work, electric guillotine machine cuts large stacks of paper that manual paper guillotines cannot do.

4. Laminating Machine

Lamination protects the paper or document from scratches, tears and wrinkles that could alter the text or graphic. It also improves the overall appearance of printed documents. Lamination can be done by either hot roll or cold roll laminating machines.

Hot roll laminating machines use rollers to melt glue extruded unto lamination film. The film is then applied to paper or cardboard using pressure rollers. Cold roll laminating machines use adhesive-coated plastic film with a glossy backing to protect graphic-intensive and heat-sensitive materials. Once the glossy backing is removed, the exposed adhesive side of the film will stick directly to the material that needs to be laminated. The machine’s rollers will apply pressure to the films that wrap the material, thus binding it together.

5. Rapid Electric Stapler

This specific type of electric stapler is manufactured for stapling at a rapid rate to achieve a stitching effect. As compared to a typical mechanical stapler, the rapid electric stapler is automated and does not need any effort from the operator to achieve the necessary speed.

Using quality business machines can boost the profitability of your photocopying business. These machines can make binding, laminating, cutting or trimming paper much easier and help you save more time for your business.