Spiral binding is one popular method of securing loose printed pages using single or double loop wire that fits into round or rectangular holes in the pages. Spiral binding allows the books to lay flat when opened cover to cover. Spiral binding is used for blank notebooks and for reports, mostly for books that have a short shelf life. Spiral binding is commonly used for cookbooks, calendars, and instruction manuals where the books have to be opened wide. Spiral binding is elastic and does not get out of shape easily. Spiral binding is available in almost every color to coordinate with the covers and can be easily cut to any length. Spiral binding requires punching and inserting equipment. Spiral binding elements are available in diameters from 6mm (1/8″) up to 32mm (1-1/16″) and either 12″ or 36″ lengths.

Ring binding is another method of securing loose printed pages with rings to hold the pages through holes punched in the pages. This form of binding is often used for procedural manuals or documentation where changes are frequently made. Another form of spiral binding is the double loop wire binding. Double loop wire binding is mostly used for contemporary, professional documents. Like spiral bound documents, double loop bound documents also lay flat and wrap around for easy reading. As a bonus, the pages are bound so securely that they won’t fall out and documents maintain their neat appearance for the lifetime of the information. Double binding is mostly used for a longer shelf life than the spiral bound documents.

There are three different types of wire binding, the 3:1 pitch, 2:1 pitch and Spiral-O. 3:1 wire means that the machine will punch three holes per inch, 2:1 wire machines will punch two holes per inch and Spiral-O wire, also known as wire comb binding since it uses the same style of punching die as plastic comb, punches 19 total holes along the 11 inch side of a standard sheet of paper. A double loop wire machine is easy to operate. After punching the paper, insert the wire and close the wire, using the wire closer normally provided with the machine.

Nowadays t-shirts are worn as regular clothing and can be found in all different colors, patterns and sizes. In the 1980′s t-shirts became a form of self-expression and people started printing various pictures and messages on them. This practice has gotten more and more popular and nowadays organizations and individuals alike all print custom t-shirts so persons can see who they are affiliated with.

Originally t-shirt printing was a pretty tedious process if you didn’t have the right equipment, and it was still pretty tedious even if you did have the proper equipment, back in the day when screen printing was all that was known but there are many stores and websites in existence now that will take care of all your printing needs so you get the message/logo you need in professional quality without much trouble.

With custom t-shirt printing, you first pick your t-shirt color; next you choose the text you want on the shirt (if you want any) and the font that you want to use. Next you can select the graphics that you want on the shirt; most sites will have pre-existing graphics that you can browse through and use if you so desire or you can create your own custom graphic and choose that for your custom shirt. Then setup the shirt as you wish, decide where each element will go and finally, submit your design to the printing service that will print your design and send the shirt to you.

It will be up to you to decide whether you want your shirt screen printed or embroidered. Screen printing requires pushing ink through a screen using a squeegee; a stencil has to be made for the design that is to be printed which can be very tedious. With embroidery, your custom graphic must first be digitized by an expert so that the computerized embroidery machine can read your design and reproduce it; the cost for embroidery can be a bit as you are charged per stitch. So of course the larger the image is, the more stitches will be required to complete it and the more costly the shirt will be.

For your printing needs, head online and check out the various printing sites and the services they have to offer; some specialize in religious shirts, others in commercial printing (meaning you cannot order less than a certain amount) while others will do just a single shirt with whatever design you choose. So choose your printer based on your needs.