| If you want a sophisticated way of finishing your | | | | control. When you employ this feature, you can ensure |
| documents, you should consider getting a wire binding | | | | that your books are bound as securely as possible. |
| device such as the RenzEco S. This 2:1 pitch wire | | | | - This device is compatible with 2:1 pitch wire spines |
| binding machine will give you great results even though | | | | that have a maximum diameter of 1-1/4". When you |
| it's not perfect. Here are the strengths and | | | | use this size of spine,you'll be able to create |
| weaknesses of this product. | | | | documents that contain as many as 280 pages. |
| Strengths: | | | | - It's possible to bind an incredible 250 books per hour |
| - The Eco S has one of the best punching capacities | | | | with the Eco S. Thus, this is a great machine to use if |
| you'll find in a wire binding machine. It's strong enough to | | | | you need to quickly crank out lots of books in very little |
| take care of as many as 25 sheets at once. Plus, you'll | | | | time. |
| be able to punch about 6,000sheets per hour with this | | | | Weaknesses: |
| device. Granted, you have to punch the sheets | | | | - The smallest spines you can use must have |
| manually, but this capacity is still quite impressive. | | | | adiameter of 1/4". This is actually the second smallest |
| - When you go to punch your pages, you load the | | | | spine available (the smallest is 3/16") so if you need to |
| minto the device vertically. This results in better results | | | | bind really thin documents, this could be problematic. |
| than if you had punched your paper horizontally | | | | - This machine's handles were designed with |
| because gravity is doing some of the work for you. | | | | right-handed users in mind (i.e. they're located on the |
| - This machine has 25 punching pins and each one of | | | | right side of the device). Thus, left-handed people could |
| them can be disengaged so you can produce different | | | | find using the Eco S to be a bit difficult. The handles |
| hole patterns for documents of varying lengths. You | | | | are also rather unwieldy and make the machine take |
| can punch paper that's up to 13.5 inches long which will | | | | up a fair amount of room. |
| give you a lot of options. | | | | - Keep in mind that this is a manual device, not an |
| - When you use the Eco S, you'll be able to control | | | | electric one. Therefore, you may find it tiring to punch |
| where exactly your paper is punched. This is because | | | | and bind a lot of books. |
| the device has an adjustable depth of punch margin | | | | |