A notebook, sometimes called notepad, writing pad, drawing pad or legal pad, is a book or binder which is composed of some pages of notes (often ruled) made of paper materials. It can be used for recording notes or memoranda, writing, drawing, or scrapbooking.

When you try to finalize a notebook printing job, you shall pay attention to below several dimensions.

1. size and format (e.g. 210 x 285mm portrait)
2. extend information (e.g. 128pp text plus 4pp cover)
3. Paper and materials (e.g. 100gsm wood free paper for text, 250gsm C1S for cover)
4. Printing (e.g. full colors for all pages)
5. Binding (e.g. softcover, black wire-o binding or perfect binding)

There are many type binding methods for notebook printing jobs, and almost all binding methods applied to regular book printing jobs, are also available to notebook printing jobs. But in principle the types of binding are top bound, perfect binding, spiral binding, comb binding, sewn binding, clasp or ring binding, and some of which can be combined. The binding method can decide if a notebook can be lie flat when it is opened. The cover material is usually distinct from text body, and it is more durable, decorative, and firm than text materials. Cover materials should not tend to damage or discomfort.

Normally it is cheaper to purchase notebooks bound with spiral coils which means that a spiral wire is looped through large perforations at one side of pages. Other bound notebooks may be available to use glue for holding the pages together, this process is called top bound. Today it is common for pages to include a thin line of perforations that make it easier to tear out the page. Spiral bound pages can be torn out but frequently leave thin scraggly strips from the paper, as well as an uneven rip along the top of the page. Hardcover notebooks include a sewn spine, and the pages are not easily removed. Some styles of sewn bindings allow pages to open flat, while others cause the pages to drape.

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Softcover Spiral/Comb Binding Notebook Specifications Sample: for a softcover notebook printing job, the binding method could be perfect binding, smythe sewn, spiral binding, wire-o binding, comb binding and other binding methods available. Among all coil materials, except for wire-o binding, spiral and comb binding notebooks are workable to reduce the costs compared with other complex binding designs.

Casebound or Hardcover Notebook Printing: like book printing jobs, there are many binding methods for hardcover notebook printing requirements. Spiral binding, wire-o binding, ring binding, comb binding are available, but we recommend smythe sewn binding for hardcover version.

Leather Hardcover Notebook Printing: leather hardcover notebooks are very popular among all hardcover notebooks. There are many kinds of leather materials such as genuine leather, bonded leather, PU leather and other leatherette materials. Genuine leather is the most expensive among these materials, the second bonded leather and then high quality PU. The other leatherette materials are much less expensive than all leather materials above mentioned.