What's the difference between corner stitching and saddle stitching?

A saddle stitch goes through the fold of nested sheets, so pages come in 4s and the piece opens as a booklet. A corner stitch goes through the corner of a flat stack, so any sheet count works and every sheet stays flat.

Can you collate the sets before stitching?

Yes. Sheets from one printer or several are gathered in your order, then corner-stitched, so a set goes from loose sheets to a finished packet in one job.

How thick a set can you corner stitch?

It depends on the stock and the number of sheets. Send the sheets per set and the paper, and we'll confirm it runs before we price it.

Binding

Corner stitching

Flat sets held together with one wire stitch through the corner: reports, price lists, handouts and meeting packets that stay loose-leaf, with no fold and no page-count rule.

High-speed corner stitching

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Good for

Reports and presentation sets
Price lists, handouts and meeting packets
Collated sets that stay flat, with no fold
Any sheet count, not just multiples of 4

What we need to quote it

Quantity, or a range like 2,500–5,000
Finished size, W × H
Page count including cover (multiples of 4), or sheets per set for corner stitching
Text and cover stock, or ask us to advise
Color (4/4, 1/1…) and coating
Need-by date, and files: PDF, link or “coming”
Ship-to ZIP, or pickup in Carlstadt

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Corner stitching · questions

What people ask first.

What moves the price

01Quantity: makeready is the same for 500 books or 50,000, so unit cost falls fast with volume
02Page count: every 4 pages adds a sheet to gather, and heavy books need more pockets
03Cover stock: heavy or coated covers are scored first so the spine doesn't crack
04Extras: inserts, loop stitches or a tipped-on card

General factors for stitch work. Your estimator prices the actual job after review.

Stitch process

All 5 on the Stitch page