NCR printing of multipart books and pads

Multipart books and pads are still widely used for various applications such as Purchase Order Forms, Delivery Notes, Telephone Message Pads, Receipt Books, Notepads, Invoice Pads and many more applications.

What is a book and what is a pad?

  1. An NCR book is normally a series of pages that are permanently stitched, sewn or glued inside a front and back cover
  2. An NCR pad is normally a series of pages that are glued at the top (head) or side and are removable for further distribution and processing
  3. NCR Books are generally used when a series of documents need to be kept in sequence for legal, financial or other reasons
  4. NCR Pads are generally used where all pages are distributed for recording or administrative purposes

Binding Types

  1. Spiral Bound - a binding where wire or plastic is passed through holes punched along the binding side
  2. Perfect Bound - a type of binding where the spine edges of the sheets are glued to a cover like a telephone book
  3. Case Bound - where the cover (or case) of the book is made separately from the body of the NCR book before being fixed

Binding Styles

  1. Full Bound - where the book cover material is all the same.
  2. Half Bound - one material is used for the covers and another for the spine and corners
  3. Quarter Bound - one material is used for the covers and a different material is used for the spine

What types of NCR Pads are available?

  1. Head Bound - where the short edge is glued or spiral bound
  2. Side Bound - where the long edge is glued or spiral bound
  3. Backboard (Strawboard Base) - to keep the pad stiff
  4. Writing Shield - To put between NCR sets to stop the writing going through to the other sets below. Can either have a loose shield which slots in between the sets or a wraparound shield which is glued and attached to the pad
  5. Hole Drilled - for filing needs

Additional NCR Book and NCR Pad Options

  1. Numbering - Sets and Individual sheets in a set can be numbered in any sequence or position
  2. Bar coding - Sets and individual sheets in a set can be bar-coded for data requirements
  3. Desensitised Areas (Carbon Patches) - there are used for blanking out certain areas on sheets underneath the top copy
  4. Perforations - pages can have perforations almost anywhere.

Please email us or complete our enquiry form for a bespoke quotation for your NCR Pads and NCR Books. We can quote for any size and quantity. Alternatively, you can call us on 0115 949 1880

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A book is wire stitched and stapled, whereas a pad is normally just glued. They can be produced any size with any number of parts (usually 1-4) collated together. Multi-part books and pads usually have a writing shield to prevent images being passed through copies. This may take the form of a loose writing shield or a wraparound one. NCR Books and pads can be bound from the head, foot or side. They may sometimes have a perforation so that when the forms are removed, a stub is left behind. They may also include a cover either plain or printed. Books and pads can also be numbered or barcoded in one or more positions on one part or throughout the copies.

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